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remier Darrell Pasloski said this week that the Yukon’s new plan for the Peel watershed represents the balance his government was trying to achieve. Hundreds of people in several Yukon and N.W.T. communities rallied Wednesday in opposition to the government’s plan and in support of the lawsuit launched by First Nations seeking to strike it down. The government’s plan opens 71 per cent of the region to new mineral staking. First Nations and conservation groups are in favour of the planning commission’s final recommended plan, which called for protection from roads and development in 80 per cent of the area. But mining groups oppose the Yukon’s new plan, too, saying conditions on development are too restrictive and will make many mining project uneconomic. That is evidence that the government Ian Stewart/Yukon News has found the balance A large crowd gathers Thursday at a protect-the-Peel rally in front of it was looking for, the Yukon government building. said Pasloski. think that will answer a lot of concerned.” “So what we have The Vuntut Gwitchin govhere is both ends of the spec- questions for people.” Yukon Party MLA Darius ernment stands with the other trum, not happy. And I think Elias, for the riding of Vuntut three affected First Nations in that speaks a lot to what we Gwitchin, attended the rally. support of the planning comwere trying to achieve.” “It was good to see people mission’s final recommended At least 300 people came come out, it shows they care plan. out to the Whitehorse rally about their territory,” he This conflict over the Peel Wednesday afternoon. wrote in an email Thursday. is one of several recent battles O Canada played over the He said he will not comwith First Nations over quesspeakers as a Protect the Peel tions of land and resource flag was raised over the legis- ment on the government’s plan or the legal action lative building, between the development in the Yukon. against it until he has had a Canadian and Yukon flags. When asked if his governchance to meet with his conA group of teenagers ment has a plan to repair restituents, which he hopes to showed up early, on a lunch lationships with First Nations, break from school, and played do soon. Pasloski said he disagrees with Reports surfaced on Twitter the premise that the relationa dance game while they waited for the rally to start. and Facebook Wednesday that ships are in need of repair. They wore signs that said “I Elias was deleting the com“I believe that there are feel ignored,” “I feel unheard,” ments of constituents about a lot more things that unite “I feel betrayed.” the Peel off of his personal the governments than divide Several of the people who Facebook page. these governments.” lined up for their chance to He deleted all of the comHe cited as examples the speak spoke in their aborigiments, not just the critical recent partnership agreement nal languages. ones, because the dialogue with the Carcross/Tagish First Pasloski said he hopes the was no longer healthy, Elias Nation to bring commercial people who came out to pro- wrote in his email. developments to the area and test will take the time to read Half of his 900 Facebook a number of other agreements the government’s plan. friends are children, he said. recently signed with Yukon “I think if the media, if “They read this unhealthy First Nations. citizens actually sit down and dialogue and don’t underContact Jacqueline Ronson at look at what the plan says, I stand and they get downright jronson@yukon-news.com

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The people of the Peel Often lost in the debate are the voices of the people who call the watershed home Jacqueline Ronson

their parents, she said. That part of the watershed belongs to her e talks about the family just as a lot with mountain like a a fence around it might beloved family belong to a family somemember he doesn’t get to see where else, said Jerome. very often. “That’s what that In Gwich’in it’s called part of the Peel River Vinidiinlaii, meaning where means to us. Our parents the water hits the mountain. entrusted us to take care “Lot of people, my peoof it, and they told us ple, seen that. And there’s a that we were the keepers lot of stories,” says Robert of the land. We had to Alexie Sr. protect it.” When people in WhiteJerome and her exhorse talk about the Peel tended family go up into watershed in northern the land to hunt beavers Yukon and N.W.T., they in the spring, to fish and talk about a vast swath of pick berries in the sumpristine wilderness the size mer, to hunt moose in of New Brunswick. Or they the fall. Sometimes they talk about potentially masgo just to see it, just to be sive, but largely unexplored, there, just to check on it, mineral wealth. she said. But sometimes lost be“Road River on the tween the rhetoric and the Peel River is on my mind politicking are the voices every day, because when of the people who are so at we were raised there, we home in the Peel that they Marten Berkman photo were cared for by our don’t even need a map. Robert Alexie Sr., right, telling stories of where Teetl’it Gwich’in people would travel along the Wind parents, we were loved Alexie was born on the River in the Peel watershed during a trip in 2004. by them, we were taught land somewhere in the Peel by them, we were taught where his family has lived for the area to development. and have been tied to it for thouwatershed in 1934. His all the traditional skills, millennia. Last week it released its own sands of years.” grandfather is buried along the we were told to take care of that plan for the Peel, which opens Greenland-Morgan organized land.” Hart River, not too far downup 71 per cent of the area to a rally in Aklavik this week proriver from Horseshoe Mountain, She is “heartbroken” over the A plan for the Peel new mineral staking. But stricter testing the government’s decihe said. Yukon government’s decision, For the past 10 years Yukon environmental rules in most of sion. More than 100 people from she said. His dad was born in 1887 and First Nations governments and his mother in 1892 or 1893, have been engaged in a land use that area will ensure that it stays the tiny town of about 600 came “I would just love to go in wild, according to the governout in support, she said. he said. They grew up near the their backyard and start digging, planning process for the Peel ment. They walked together out Blackstone River, in the western watershed. and start mining, and see what The Nacho Nyak Dun and the onto the frozen Peel River, carpart of the watershed. kind of a reaction I would get. The purpose of the plan is Tr’ondek Hw’echin launched a rying signs and taking calls from Because they would be heartbroAlexie learned the old stories to set clear rules about what lawsuit this week arguing that radio stations in Whitehorse and ken if I did that.” from them, about travelling sorts of industrial activities are the government’s new plan runs Yellowknife. around the land in search of allowed where. In theory, this afoul of its agreements with the “Mining has been a part of caribou. would reduce conflict between For the grandchildren the Yukon’s DNA,” said Paslo“That was life, them days. First Nations, the Yukon govern- First Nations. Back in 1959, Robert Alexie ski in an interview this week, They moved around, they know ment and resource companies. took a trip from Fort McPherson speaking about a recent trip to where the caribou is. The process for land use Living downstream to Dawson City by dog team Vancouver to drum up explora“I hear stories about it. This planning is described in treaties People in the N.W.T.’s with his aging father. tion investment in the territory. is the most wonderful thing I signed by the governments 20 Gwich’in communities feel be“Old Man showed us the way heard in my life, is stories about years ago. It’s one of the things trayed and ignored by the Yukon “It has been around since the to Dawson City. He wanted to creation of this territory, and it the Peel.” First Nations were promised in government’s decision. see Dawson again before he got has really been truly a cornerVinidiinlaii is one of the most exchange for handing over title While most of the Peel watoo old. So we made that trip important places to his people, to the vast majority of their ter- tershed is in the Yukon, the river stone of our economy. And when for him back in ’59, which is the he said. ritory. eventually flows into the North- mining does well in the Yukon, greatest thing that we ever done. Yukon does well.” It’s located on the Wind River A planning commission west Territories and into the He taught us all the way over.” But Yukon’s mining history is just upstream from where it spent seven years coming up Mackenzie Delta before dumpNow Alexie, who turns 80 this a drop in the water when comflows into the Peel. In English, with a plan that would balance ing into the Beaufort Sea. year, hopes he can get back into pared to the history of the land it’s called Deception Mountain. the interests of First Nations, On its way it flows by the the Peel and see Vinidiinlaii one Back in his parents’ day they the environment, communities, communities of Fort McPherson itself and of the people who have more time. been a part of that landscape. would often set up camp there industry and government. and Aklavik. “Yeah I’ve done it lots, but I The Gwich’in people will tell for the winter, because the cariThe four First Nations with “The Peel watershed is very sure wouldn’t mind just see it bou had done the same. territory in the Peel – the huge, but everything drains and you that to be Gwich’in means to again. Even if I see pictures of it be a part of the land. “Lots of people with nothing Tr’ondek Hwech’in, the First flows and runs down eventuI feel good.” The people of Fort McPherbut tents, and they stay there all Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun, the ally to Aklavik,” said Bobbie Jo Most of the future Peel River son call themselves Teetl’it winter, and they have good time, Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation Greenland-Morgan, 37. adventures, though, belong to Gwich’in, meaning ‘the people of his children, grandchildren and and they just live off the land.” and the Gwich’in Tribal CounThe community drinks from the headwaters,’ the headwaters Telling stories about the Peel cil – all asked for the watershed the Peel, fishes from the Peel, great-grandchildren. has been a full time job for to be completely protected from and hunts the animals that make of the Peel. “I really enjoy it when my Alexie for many years, in both a development. the Peel their home. grandchildren enjoy it. Always figurative and a literal way. In 2011 the planning comPremier Darrell Pasloski has Keepers of the land talking about it. They want to In summers he works at the mission recommended a comno right to gamble with the Sarah Jerome and her 13 go up there. They want to go up tourist information centre in promise: 80 per cent of the area community’s future health, said brothers and sisters grew up on there. Fort McPherson, N.W.T., swapwould be protected from new Greenland-Morgan. the Peel at a camp about 50 kilo“I hope and pray that Decepping stories of river adventures roads and development, and “His government has only metres up from Fort McPherson, tion Mountain, called Vinidiinwith visitors from around the 20 would be open for resource been in place for a short period at Road River. Her parents were laii in my language, stays bright world. industries. of time, and yet they had the John and Bella Tetlichi. in the sun whenever sun rise In recent years he has also While First Nations said this political decision-making power The kids all went away to again for rest of time, it stays in been travelling around the North was an acceptable compromise, to make a decision that’s going residential school, but eventually the sun. Peace and quiet.” to meetings to urge the Yukon Contact Jacqueline Ronson at the Yukon government was not to impact the people who are came back to Road River to regovernment to protect the place prepared to shut down most of jronson@yukon-news.com tied to the Peel River watershed learn the traditional skills from News Reporter

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spokesperson for Health and Social Services. “As people get older and retire in the Yukon, he Yukon government we want to be prepared.” is in the early stage of Wait times for a continuplanning a 300-bed continuing care bed in the Yukon is ing care home somewhere in currently an average of 4.5 Whitehorse. months. There are 25 people The government issued on the waitlist right now, said a tender this week seeking Living. a business case analysis and The tender notes that pre-concept planning for a Macaulay Lodge – built in new facility. 1968 – is nearing the end of “The work is intended to its life. Copper Ridge Place is support decision-making and 13 years old. planning for a 300-bed facilThe Thomson Centre was ity (on a single site) with the built in 1993. In 2002, resiimmediate construction of up dents were moved to Copper to 150 beds,” the tender says. Ridge Place. Thomson Centre It would be the biggest was renovated and reopened continuing care facility in the in 2011. territory. Last year the government Currently, the Department announced the 40-year-old of Health and Social Services McDonald Lodge will be operates three such facilities replaced. in Whitehorse and one in In addition to laying out Dawson City. the business plan for the new According to the docufacility, the winning comments, in Whitehorse, Copper pany is being asked to look at Ridge Place has 96 extended the future of both Macaulay care beds, Macaulay Lodge Lodge and the Thomson has 47 intermediate care beds Centre. and the Thomson Centre This latest tender will be has a total of 28 beds of both the second report the governkinds. ment has commissioned in McDonald Lodge in Dawthe last seven months on the son City has 11 beds. expansion of continuing care. All the beds are currently A needs analysis was comfull. pleted in June of last year. “If we look 10 or 15 years That report outlines the in the future we only see the needs in the territory, the need for continuing care beds number of beds and the type growing,” said Pat Living, of programming required. Ashley Joannou News Reporter

“Based on the historic growth in demand and service delivery and current demographic projections, this is strong evidence that continuing care will face very significant demand for increased capacity – nearly double the current capacity within the next decade and continued growth beyond 2021,” that report says. The 2013 report places the cost of construction at more than $126 million. But Kendra Black, spokesperson for the Department of Highways and Public Works, called that a very rough estimate, as no design work or construction plans have been done. Whichever company wins the contract will be given five places around the city to consider as a location. No specific sites are mentioned in the documentation. The five neighbourhoods listed are: Riverdale, Copper Ridge, Porter Creek, Whistle Bend or downtown. Specific locations the government is considering will be released to the winning company once the contract is awarded, but are not being made public right now, said Black. The tender closes on Feb. 14. The report is scheduled to be completed in May. Contact Ashley Joannou at ashleyj@yukon-news.com

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A walk-around would not have spotted Chabot, since he got under the wo local businesses vehicle after the driver and one supervisor was already inside. have been found guilty of Still, Faulkner said, charges under the Occuhad a proper walkpational Health and Safety around been done, the Act for the death of a tire driver “would have seen technician who was killed the jacks and the torque on the job in 2011. wrench. This would have The courtroom was alerted him to the fact packed this week when that the work was not yet Judge John Faulkner ancomplete.” nounced his decision. Allan Lelievre was The charges stem from employed as a dispatcher, the November 2011 death not a driver, when he got of Integra Tire technician behind the wheel. He was Denis Chabot. Chabot, however an experienced 34, died when a Kenworth driver who held the cortruck, owned by North 60 rect licence. Petro Ltd., drove over him. “The answer to why Four defendants were this happened lies in originally facing multiple the seemingly, trivial, charges each. mundane aspect of the After last year’s lengthy task at hand. The truck trial, Faulkner found the was not starting out on a two companies and North trip; it was simply being 60’s Frank Taylor guilty of picked up and moved Submitted Photo/Yukon News two or three blocks back one charge each. The tire company’s su- Denis Chabot, 34, died while working at Integra Tire in 2011. Both Integra Tire and North 60 Petro Ltd. to North 60 Petro’s yard,” pervisor, Paul Bubiak was were found guilty of Occupational Health and Safety Act violations this week. the judge said. found not guilty of all the “That is why Mr. He did not see that a North lockout procedure. The key had “Having been told that the charges he faced. Lelievre, who was a dispatcher, 60 employee, who had come to been left in the truck the entire job was complete, Mr. Bubiak Taylor and North 60 were not a driver, was asked to drive. pick up the vehicle, was already time. or Yukon Tire would have convicted of failing to train a That is why no one thought “Lockout procedures are needed to be clairvoyant to re- it important that Mr. Lelievre worker in the safe operation of in the driver’s seat. The truck’s engine had been started ahead designed so that the vehicle alize that, although Mr. Chabot had never operated the truck the truck that killed Chabot. of the driver’s arrival. cannot be energized or moved said the work was complete, Integra Tire – identified in before. That is why Mr. Lelievre “Since Mr. Chabot’s view when the technician working there was still a jack undercourt documents as Yukon didn’t do a walk-around, of the cab was blocked by the on it does not expect it. That is neath the truck and that he Tire Centre Inc. – was found although he knew he should. the true source of the danger, would later go under the truck That is why Mr. Taylor didn’t guilty of failing to develop safe sleeper unit, and since the vehicle had been started previ- and the most likely way for the in an attempt to retrieve it,” the correct him.” lockout procedures and train ously and was already running, vehicle to become energized or judge said. workers in them. Lawyers will be back in court Mr. Chabot was not alerted to to be moved unexpectedly is “In that sense, what occurred today to set a date for sentencFaulkner ruled that, on the the danger that the truck was for another person to turn the was simply unforeseeable and day of his death, after telling ing. ignition on,” Faulkner said. the defence of due diligence is his employer work on the truck about to be put in motion…” Under the Occupational Faulkner said in his written The lawyer for OHS also at- made out.” was finished, Chabot climbed Health and Safety Act, the fine reasons. tempted to prove that there was Both North 60 and Taylor back underneath to retrieve for a first offence is a maxiThe judge said the tire com- a failure to effectively disable “failed to adequately train their mum of $150,000. Second ofone of the bottle jacks he had pany “made considerable efthe truck while it was being worker ‘in the safe operation been using. fences come with fines of up to and related safe work proceThe vehicle was a large high- forts to train its employees and worked on. $300,000. to foster safe work practices.” way transport truck used for But Faulkner saw it differdure’ of the Kenworth truck,” Contact Ashley Joannou at ashleyj@yukon-news.com hauling a semi-trailer. But they did not have a ently. the judge ruled. News Reporter

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Crunch time for Eagle Plain exploration Jesse Winter News Reporter

late start to the winter has Northern Cross in a hurry to finish its first season of exploration activities at Eagle Plain before spring. “We had hoped to be underway in November, but we didn’t get enough snow until December, and then the Christmas season was on us,” said Northern Cross president Richard Wyman. The company received permits for a 3-D seismic exploration project in midNovember, but it required 10 centimetres of snowpack on the ground before the project could start. The layer of snow is meant to protect vegetation while the company is operating in the area. The permits for this season are good until the end of April, which means Northern Cross doesn’t have a ton of time left. Right now the company is in the first of a three-phase project to map underground oil and natural gas resources, Wyman said. First, they have to cut nearly 400 kilometres of trail. The second phase, which Wyman hopes will start sometime in the next two weeks, will see workers drilling nine-metre shot holes. Those will then be filled with one kilogram of dynamite each, and the reverberations from the result-

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Northern Cross’s site in Eagle Plains. A late start to its winter exploration season means the company is facing pressure to finish work before the spring thaw.

ing explosion, echoing back to recorders like radar, will help the company understand what’s really underground. Wyman said the slow start to the season was a problem, but the recent stretch of warm weather actually helped. “In some ways it helped because it’s easier to work in warmer weather. We actually got rain at Eagle Plain and when it froze up, it’s actually easier to get around on. On the whole, the warm weather actually helped more than it hurt,” he said. The big push right now is to finish the trail slashing as quickly as possible, Wyman said.

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issue as Ross River,” said White River Chief Charles nsettled First Nations Eikland. have re-issued a call for In 2011, Yukon Supreme Court the Yukon government ruled that the government has to negotiate on free-entry claim a duty to consult with the Ross staking in their territories. River Dene Council before any The White River and Liard mineral exploration work takes First Nations, along with the Ross place in their traditional territory. River Dene Council and the Kaska Eikland and the other chiefs Dene Council, issued a joint news want the government to agree release from the Mineral Explothat the court ruling applies to ration Roundup in Vancouver, White River and Liard as well, but demanding that the government the government has repeatedly treat all of them the same when it said White River has to wait its comes to negotiation. turn until the the government fin“At the end of the day, we’re at ishes negotiating with Ross River. the same status in regards to land Speaking in a phone interview

But that part of the project is drawing flak from some subcontractors in Whitehorse over what they say are unfair hiring practices. Brandon Duncan, the president of Higher Level Exploration, said he thinks Northern Cross should be hiring more Yukon workers and companies, especially for the slashing contract. “They gave the slashing contract to a company from Fort Nelson, and they’re hiring picker trucks from Fort St. John. Both of those jobs could have gone to companies in the Yukon,” Duncan said. “Why should Yukoners be in favour of a project if from Roundup, Eikland said he and the other chiefs are meeting with mining companies and everyone agrees that they want more certainty and transparency from the government when it comes to negotiation. “We are entitled to sharing in mining royalties and taxes to ensure that our communities benefit meaningfully from resource development. Yukon will need [to] negotiate revenue-sharing models with us to reduce the uncertainty that is the norm in Yukon today,” Liard First Nation Chief Daniel Morris said in the release. Eikland said that certainty

they’re not going to hire locals?” Duncan asked. But Wyman said the company is hiring considerably more local workers than expected. When Northern Cross applied to the Yukon Environmental and Socioeconomic Assessment Board, it estimated that around 18 per cent of the jobs would go to Yukoners. As of Thursday, the company was far above that. “Right now we have 64 people at the camp and at the Eagle Plains motel working for us. Of those, 30 are from the Yukon. The assertion that we aren’t hiring Yukoners is absolutely false,” Wyman said. Wyman said that he couldn’t speak specifically to individual contracts because of privacy concerns, but the company uses a transparent tendering and request-forproposal system to hire its workers and subcontractors. Given the time crunch, making sure Northern Cross chooses the best company to get the jobs done on time, safely and with as little environmental impact as possible is most important, Wyman said. “If someone has an issue with how we do business, they should be talking to us about it, not whining publicly,” Wyman said. Contact Jesse Winter at jessew@yukon-news.com

would also help put industry at ease, and make it easier to attract companies to work in the Yukon, which is better for everyone. “Across the country for decades, First Nations have had to use the courts to protect and advance their rights and benefits. We don’t understand why governments don’t understand that it’s beneficial for everyone to work together and to not resort to this adversarial approach, and be forced to use litigation instead of collaborative approaches,” Eikland said. Resources Minister Scott Kent did not return a call for comment by press time. (Jesse Winter)

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Businesses critical of WCB expansion Jesse Winter News Reporter

he Yukon Workers’ Compensation Health and Safety Board is spending $5.5 million to build an 11,000 square foot expansion of its headquarters. The WCB’s board of directors says the expansion is sorely needed. “We’ve been working on this plan for more than a year,” said chair Mark Pike. “The building is overcrowded to the point where offices designed for one person have three people sitting and working in them. “We have had cases where people are having to work from home, simply because we’re struggling to find an adequate space,” Pike said. This is more than simply inconvenient for workers – it also raises serious privacy concerns for clients, especially when dealing with sensitive healthrelated issues, Pike said. “In our world these days, health issues are very, very private matters. Any time a person is discussing the state of their health with one or more people in our office, you wouldn’t want that discussion overheard,” he said. Plans for the expansion have been in the works for more than a year and the WCB consulted with its stakeholders about the expansion, said Pike. The organization also completed a needs assessment study to help decide what it should do to address the space crunch. “We looked at just about every option you could think of,” Pike said. “We looked at the possibility of selling this building and buying another one. We looked at renting space that wouldn’t be attached to this building.” The final decision will see the large expansion built directly onto the current headquarters at the corner 4th Avenue and Strickland Street, taking up part of the building’s existing parking lot. Pike said the organization will be putting out a request for proposals soon, and construction should be finished this year. The money to pay for it comes, like all WCB funds, from assessment rates paid by the territory’s employers. That has the Yukon’s various business chambers upset. The heads of the Whitehorse and Yukon chambers of commerce, along with the Yukon Chamber

of Mines, issued a joint press release criticizing the expansion. Whitehorse Chamber president Rick Karp said he thinks the expansion is not a smart use of Yukon business dollars. “The lack of consultation and communication with your primary client base on such a major expenditure is not acceptable,” Karp said. While he’s pleased that the WCB has managed to reduce its assessment rates in recent years, he and the other chamber presidents are worried that an increase in space will mean an increase in staff and, eventually, an increase in rates. The WCB currently employs 80 people, which Karp said is already too many. A regional Workplace B.C. office covering the same volume of claims has an average of 28 employees, Karp said. But Scott McCloy, a spokesman for Workplace B.C., said their regional offices have widely varied staffing numbers, and that a regional office like the one in Kelowna, which serves as a back-up headquarters, has a staff of 80. Pike said the comparison is unfair. “We are in fact a head office, and we are charged with many, many responsibilities that a regional office isn’t charged with,” he said.

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or every Yukoner outraged by the territorial government’s botched handling of the Peel watershed plan, there are probably many more who are simply puzzled. Why wait until the 11th hour of the planning process to say what you’d like, when it was not exactly a secret that the Yukon Party favoured allowing miners to have their way with the region? And then why discard seven years of planning talks, knowing that this would provoke a lengthy court battle with affected First Nations and cast legal uncertainty over any development in the region? In short, why punch yourself in the face, repeatedly, now and for many years to come? The full story to all of this will probably never be told, because the politicians involved are unlikely to ever give a candid version of events. So here’s our best stab at it. The Yukon Party’s brain trust must have decided early on that it was politically expedient to kick the can down the road when it came to making a decision on the Peel. Rather than say something of substance about what they wanted to do with the watershed, and deal with the inevitable backlash, it was much easier to make some vague comment about the importance of respecting the Umbrella Final Agreement and leave it at that. After a while, all this cankicking became something of a habit, until they ran out of road. This sounds dense. And it is. But the Yukon Party is not exceptional for drawing out difficult political decisions – consider how our world’s governments dither when it comes to addressing big issues like climate change. Also remember that our premier during much of the planning process, Dennis Fentie, had plenty else on his mind other than the Peel watershed during the end of his reign. His trusty lieutenant, Brad Cathers, had quit cabinet in a

spat over the premier’s coveredup plans to privatize Yukon Energy. Conservative stalwart Willard Phelps was busy blasting Fentie for being a “tinpot dictator.” As Fentie struggled to keep a growing rebellion at bay, he likely did not see the value in also setting off a big fight over the Peel. It nevertheless remains bizarre that the Yukon government said as little as it did during the planning process. What’s more, territorial officials and our resources minister of the day, Patrick Rouble, insisted it was their obligation under the Umbrella Final Agreement to not say anything too specific. Well, we’ve read the UFA and can’t find any passage to support this interpretation, so we suspect this all amounted to a dodge that was convenient at the time. This view is shared by Thomas Berger, the esteemed aboriginal law expert who is helping to represent affected First Nations in their lawsuit against the territory over the Peel plan. Berger holds that the time for the territory to share its views was during the planning process, and it squandered the opportunity. Our present cabinet likes to make it sound as if they spelled out where they stood on the Peel during the territorial election. But, up until the halfway mark of the campaign, Premier Darrell Pasloski stuck to the old Yukon Party script, insisting it would be irresponsible for him to take a stand on the Peel watershed. Yet he later did take a position, warning that protecting the watershed would set off an avalanche of lawsuits from miners with claims in the region. By Pasloski’s own reasoning, it was irresponsible to show his cards as he did. But we think it’s more likely that this “irresponsible” line was just another excuse to avoid having to say what he meant. It wasn’t true when Fentie or Rouble said it. It wasn’t true when Pasloski said it, either. Not that it fooled anybody. After all, the Fentie regime supPublisher

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pressed information on the watershed’s ecological value during planning talks, and welcomed with open arms meetings with mining lobbyists while snubbing wilderness outfitters who wanted the area protected from development. Heck, as early as 2009, top officials with the territory’s oil and gas branch concluded it wasn’t even worth reading the commission’s recommendations, because there was no way the government would approve such a conservation-minded plan. Later, after the election, the Pasloski government unilaterally wrote its own plan, which misleadingly labels areas as wilderness that would be open for development. It nearly offers the opposite level of protection as proposed by the planning commission – just 29 per cent would be off-limits to new staking, compared to 80 per cent – yet the government maintains it is merely “modifying” the previous work. And whereas a key feature of the commission’s plan was its vision to keep large blocks of wilderness intact by banning roads, the government’s plan could allow roads throughout the whole region. Yet we’re assured this is a plan for everybody, too. No wonder many people aren’t buying it. (JT) Reporters

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LETTERS Keep Yukon’s oil and gas in the ground for now The debate about oil and gas exploration in the Yukon has been heated and divisive, but I think there are two things everyone can agree on. The oil and gas underground are not going anywhere and whatever their value in the market today, they will be worth much more in the future. There are thousands of uses for petroleum products but at present, for the most part, we use these resour-

ces in the coarsest possible way: we burn them up. We extract them carelessly and wastefully and, because they are still so cheap, we use them in the same way. If we leave the Yukon’s oil and gas where it is now, in a hundred years we will have safer and more efficient methods of extraction, a better understanding of the true value of petroleum resources and, maybe, a different appreciation of undeveloped landscapes. Eric Hegsted Whitehorse

Quote of the Day “So what we have here is both ends of the spectrum, not happy. And I think that speaks a lot to what we were trying to achieve.” Premier Darrell Pasloski on why his plan for the Peel watershed has struck the right balance. Page 2

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Break out the rainy day funds apron and slippers, that remembers folksy things its mother used to say. A budget so unassuming, by Keith it’s going to be released during the Halliday Olympics, when nobody will be watching. Having whittled his recordsetting $50 billion deficit down to a mere $17 billion, Flaherty now has “no doubt” he can deliver a better-than-balanced budget by election day in 2015, not by 2013 as previously promised. im Flaherty is prudent. Or so he “We are doing this without told reporters this week, when raising taxes, we are doing it withhe announced the date of his out cutting transfers to hospitals, upcoming budget. to social services, to education in “I’m not a big spender,” said the provinces, unlike the previous the finance minister who has government,” Flaherty boasted. spent more than $60 billion on tax And it’s true, there should be no cuts to corporations. “We always need to raise taxes. He’s already have to make sure that we – as raised personal income tax to the my mother would say – save for a tune of $15.6 billion since he took rainy day.” office. There will be no trumpets for Not only has he raised income the February 2014 budget, no flags taxes to cover tax breaks for beyond a yellow sticky note read- corporations, by jacking up EI ing “stay the course.” This will be premiums and reducing eligibility, a humble, housekeeping budget, Flaherty has turned an insurance Flaherty warned, a budget in its system for workers into a cash

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cow for government. The surplus from this scam will have raised $13.8 billion by budget-balancing time, prudently screwed out of the working stiff. What remains of the deficit after higher taxes and EI premiums do their work is to be slain by the economy heating up and creating jobs. This is to be a function of those corporate tax cuts we’re all still paying for. According to the plan, corporations will spend the money creating jobs, a plan in which Flaherty is a true believer, despite its total lack of success to date. What happens if you take $60 billion out of government revenues and stick in corporate bank accounts? What happens to jobs when billions of dollars that might have been spent on, say, fighter jets, energy upgrades, or daycare, money that could be circulating in the economy and making things work, sits in banks gathering dust? According to Employment and Social Development Canada, “in 2012, the percentage of adult Can-

adians who were holding a job was 61.8 per cent,” leaving only 38.2 per cent jobless. For the young, things weren’t quite so rosy, but still, 54.5 per cent of Canadian youth had jobs. And because we have prudent hands at the helm, the economy only bled 45,900 more full-time jobs last month. That same month Canadians’ personal debt-to-income ratio reached a historic high of 165 per cent, demonstrating how efficient our economy has been at getting people to buy things they can’t afford. Meanwhile the dollar is plummeting in value and the national debt just soared to a record-shattering $600 billion, and according to Time, Canada now has its very own housing bubble which “many analysts” believe is about to burst. In case you’ve forgotten, a housing bubble occurs when extremely low interest rates cause a boom in sales, sending prices soaring, and driving many to foreclosure when interest rates inevitably rise. A collapse in the

U.S. housing market was the first domino to fall in the chain reaction that led to the world-wide recession of 2009. The only talent Flaherty has ever displayed is the ability to con people into believing he’s a sound money manager. He left Ontario with a $5.6 billion deficit despite being finance minister during an economic boom. He has run the Canadian economy with all the facility of a cheap con artist, overseeing a steady upward shift of wealth, and somehow managing to present this as prudent policy. Flaherty needs to talk to someone besides corporate lobbyists and wealthy supporters, on whom the sun always shines. It’s time to break out some of those rainyday funds. For more and more ordinary Canadians every day, it’s pouring out there. Al Pope won the Canadian Community Newspaper Award for best columnist in 2013. He also won the Ma Murray Award for Best Columnist in B.C./Yukon in 2010 and 2002.

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hen we think of the words of our ancestors – Together Today for our Children Tomorrow – we think of those who came before us and their vision. It is our responsibility to uphold these words and carry this vision. Our elders tell us, “You do things in a good way and if you take care of the land it will take care of you.” We are those children but we are deeply troubled by recent events. We see a blatant contempt for the democratic process in Yukon government’s decision to abandon the Peel planning commission’s report reached by consensus with all First Nations and stakeholders involved that called for 80 per cent protection. Instead of respecting an agreed upon process, the Yukon government rejected the Final Recommended Peel Watershed Regional Land Use Plan, and imposed a new plan opening 71 per cent of the Peel Watershed to development. This illustrates the Yukon government’s dishonour and it undermines the Umbrella Final Agreement they negotiated in apparent good faith with the Tr’ondek Hwech’in, Na-Cho Nyak Dun and the Vuntut Gwitchin. We also see Yukon government’s disregard for our brothers and sisters, the Tetlit Gwitch’in in the Northwest Territories. If this is an example of how democracy works, then it is little wonder that youth are disengaged and voter turnout is at an all-time low. And how can the Yukon government ignore constitutionally

entrenched agreements like the UFA that supersede any election? We see disrespect for our culture and for the voices of our elders. We’ve had enough of governments who aggressively push unilateral agendas focused on resource extraction with little thought of their ethical and legal responsibilities to First Nation people. A healthy Yukon economy should be built upon mutual respect and certainty – something that this government, time and time again, has failed to do. Premier Darrell Pasloski’s approach has resulted in a series of court cases, with more on the horizon. This doesn’t only impact First Nations people, but all Yukoners. It is evident that this current government still believes in the 19th century “Wild West Gold Rush,” like that portrayed in the Discovery Channel’s Klondike show. The accuracy of this program and Yukon government’s claim that the “Yukon is open for business” is as real as fool’s gold and has left us mired in the muck, mining malcontent and panning for peace. The time is now. We could choose a future of mutual respect that celebrates the diverse values we have for the land – OR - we could accept this government’s agenda of instability and confrontation. We are not immune to working with industry - we understand that First Nations have a major role to play in development. But it must be done with our consent in a manner that respects our inclusion and values taught by our elders about caring

It seems that you did not have the intention of honouring, in any way, the democratic process that had gone into the commission’s final recommended land use plan for the Peel watershed, which respected the input by First Nations, the general public, and Eileen Peter, Samantha Dawson, the environmental organizations Victor Kisoun, William Jakesta, and tourism associations of this Marissa Mills, Josh Barichello, territory. In fact, your governShaun Ladue, Brittany Tuffs, ment has succeeded in not only Gillian Staveley, Josie O’Brien, making a mockery of democracy Sholeen Esquiro, Kris Statnyk, by rejecting the commission’s Wesley Jakesta, Fred Ross, Darrin plan, but has violated the constiDawson, Jody Inkster, Melaina tutional rights of First Nations Sheldon, Stefanie Sydney, Angela people in the process as well. Code and Rena Squirell. I ask you, what kind of place are we leaving for future generaWhere’s the high road, tions, once our wildlands have Premier Pasloski? been carved up and parceled off to short-term industrial interests, Open letter to Premier Darrell and the last of the non-renewable Pasloski: resources are extracted from Not long ago you travelled under the ground, leaving the terhalfway around the world to atritory’s lands and waters irrepartend the funeral of a man whom ably damaged? you did not know, but I presume What then? Why do we insist must have been inspired by, to on bankrupting the futures of travel so far. Nelson Mandela was those who come after us? undeniably an inspiring man. What is it going to take for all He was a true visionary, and a of us to see that our wilderness powerful leader. He was powerful is our most valuable resource? because of his humility, the depth Intact watersheds like the Peel of his compassion and wisdom, are so precious we simply cannot and his commitment to democdare risking the loss of them. The Peel is no more sacred racy, and equality for all. than the rest of the Yukon, but I found myself hoping, in the it represents the best of what is days leading up to your governwild. It is still intact as a waterment’s release of the Peel plan, shed, unmarred by roads and that you might have brought mines and industrial waste, large home some of the lessons of enough to sustain populations of his life, and leadership. Alas, my wild animals, and wild enough hopes were dashed when I saw to offer humans, that choose to the contents of your plan last venture there, soul-enriching wilweek. for the land. Our voices are strong, our hearts are full and our minds are clear. We stand together today for our children tomorrow. We stand Idle No More – will you?

derness experiences. Experiences that we can no longer take for granted in this ever industrialized, fragmented and polluted world. In the wake of your announcement last week I find myself feeling not only disillusioned, but even betrayed. I’m just one of thousands who participated in this Peel planning process, over seven years, in good faith, always choosing to believe that honesty and integrity would prevail, and that in the end your government would take “the high road” – the road that respects the majority of Yukon people’s wishes, as well as the needs of future generations. Alas, you have not, and for this I feel not only anger, but also a deep pervading sadness. The Peel is just part of a bigger picture, and I grieve that as species we will not wake up in time to stem the tide of our destructive natures, and to care properly for this planet we call home. Jill Pangman Whitehorse

Shame, shame We are appalled how the representatives of the people of Yukon can go against the wishes of the people of Yukon. Oxymoron? Shame, shame Yukon government. I hope the people take you to the high courts. Save a small piece of wilderness for the health of all Canadians and the Earth. Vanja and Brian Veale Adelaide, South Australia

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the potential for industrial activity principally into the Snake, BonI am writing with disappointment net Plume, Wind, and Hart River watersheds where it would be that the Yukon government has prohibited under the commission’s decided to approve a Peel River plan. Watershed Land Use Plan that is Cumulative Effects Managesubstantially different from the ment is intended to mitigate negaplan recommended by the Peel Watershed Planning Commission’s tive surface impacts at a regional scale but there will be impacts plan. nonetheless. Connectivity between I feel the Yukon government these watersheds for wildlife movehas overstepped its obligation to ment (i.e. caribou) could be sigpresent a plan that represents the wishes of the affected First Nations nificantly impacted, for example. I prefer the full protection for and Yukon people. More than these watersheds that the comanything I am disturbed by the mission’s plan provides for in the overriding of the land planning process by the Yukon government’s Special Management Area classification and the contiguous inclusubstantial alteration of the comsion of the watersheds under this mission’s plan. classification. I strongly believe that it is Less substantial changes to the important to maintain large intact commission’s plan could have ecosystems when agricultural, urban and industrial development satisfied the needs of the Yukon is transforming the landscape government for development and worldwide. been met with less resistance and In Yukon, many areas are curoutrage from First Nations and rently open to development and Yukon citizens. we have several operating mines Unfortunately, the planning and several more proposed to be process will be stalled further while developed. the issue is settled in the courts at I understand that society the expense of taxpayers and First requires and uses non-renewable Nations and Yukon citizens. I ask resources (although often in an that the Yukon government listen unsustainable and wasteful manto First Nations and Yukon citizens ner) and that extraction projects and approve the recommended require a significant timeframe to commission plan in its entirety or go from exploration to developwith minimal amendments. ment. Please honour the First NaNevertheless, keeping the tion Final Agreements and respect minerals and resources in the democracy; protect the Peel. ground preserves their potential availability to future generations. Brian Charles Rushing to extract as much as pos- Whitehorse sible for short term political and/ or economic gain is not morally This cannot happen right and makes no sense from a planning perspective for long term This is a letter in support of the sustainability. Peel Land Use Planning CommisAs a society we need to think sion’s final recommended plan. beyond the corporate mentality Not being a citizen of the that seeks to increase shareholder Yukon, but being a citizen of monetary wealth in the present Canada, I am shocked at what (and often in excess of needs) and I’ve seen being proposed. Is there consider the well-being of society no space left for a sanctuary of in general over a longer period of nature? Does every bit of majestic time. Canadian wilderness need to be I have reviewed the governdestroyed in the name of profit? ment’s plan and compared it as Is there a better way? Do we much as practically possible to the stand out among other nations? commission’s plan and noted that Do Canadians really care about the major differences are in the preserving our land? Our home? types of land use classifications This cannot happen. and the quantity of land reserved as truly protected areas. The new Restricted Use Wilder- Ky Nott ness Area classification introduces Thunder Bay, Ontario

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My name is Jacob Alexander and I am an 18-year-old student currently attending Acadia University. After hearing through social media of the plans to develop the Peel watershed region of the Yukon Territory I was extremely disheartened. After living in various parts of the Yukon for upwards of seven years I have experienced the traditions of the First Nations people for numerous years, witnessed firsthand the beauty of the Yukon and fully comprehend the value and importance of the land to the native peoples of the area. I have also lived in Fort McMurray, Alberta and seen firsthand the devastation caused by operations such as oil extraction through work experience. Considering the irresponsibility and lack of accountability that is commonplace within large industrial companies, it is extremely unlikely and unrealistic to expect any plans of development to be carried out the “right” way, rather than the “cost effective” way. On behalf of many people I believe that it is fair to say that developing such a pristine and increasingly rare piece of land is an utter tragedy. Somewhere the line must be drawn and the government must adhere to the wishes of its people. Untouched land such as that of the Peel has intrinsic value; it provides for us, it nurtures wildlife, it is of unmatched beauty and no amount of profit can replace this untouched wilderness once it is destroyed. Humankind’s separation from nature is frightening and it is of utmost importance that we as a society change our ways, and an excellent way to start is through

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protecting the Peel. We live in a finite world that is run by individuals who seem to believe our Earth is infinite. I do not have all the answers, I do not have all of the facts, nor do I fully understand the extent of the government’s intentions. However, I am steadfast in my belief that it is crucial to protect this ecologically significant area, one of the increasingly few that remain on this Earth. I realize that my email is of little significance in the grand scheme of things; however, I appreciate the time you have taken to consider my thoughts and opinions and I can only hope that this developmental plan will be reconsidered in a way that can satisfy both sides of the issue.

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I wanted to express my disappointment with the Yukon government’s land use plan for the Peel River watershed. Despite seven years of research and consultation followJacob Alexander ing a constitutionally mandated Wolfville, Nova Scotia process under the Umbrella Final Agreement and Yukon land claims Give snow biking a try agreements, the Yukon government has made the choice to Is there anyone in Whitehorse unilaterally ignore the proposed who’s noticed the proliferation of recommendations to protect as people riding fat-tired mountain much as 80 per cent of northern bikes in the snow? Yukon’s 68,000 square kilometre Maybe you’ve thought, “That Peel River watershed from indusguy or girl is crazy!” trial development, road developOr, perhaps you thought that ment and mineral staking. looks like a lot of fun, but you The Yukon government plan don’t want to put out money for a to open up to 71 per cent of the fat-tired bike, without first experi- region for mineral and oil and encing the sport. gas staking – which will require Well, now’s your chance. With the building of roads, bridges and the recent thaw and refreeze that possibly railroads in this wilderjust occurred, most of the foot ness. The development of one trails and snowmobile trails in deposit could open the region to Whitehorse just became awesome many others, as transportation mountain bike trails. opportunities lower the cost of They are solid enough to sup- extracting lead-zinc, uranium, port any standard mountain bike. copper, nickel and coal believed to

be buried in the region. Transportation routes will carve up the landscape, interfere with animal migration and irrevocably tame this great wilderness. I’m utterly flabbergasted at the shortsightedness of this government’s decision-making. It is selling out one of the last great intact ecosystems for greed and short-term job security. How was all the research and the 2011 agreement overlooked? Are any of the decision-makers involved actually educated in life sciences? Or do these government representatives speak only for the corporations whose only understanding is “more?” Ernest McCrank Vancouver

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on introducing a potential of a disastrous accident, which could spoil our land and water. All of the money you will make will not buy back what the Peel watershed and the Yukon Territory offers the environment. Clean water, healthy animal populations, fish and water fowl mean more than minerals and oil. Global warming is past talking about. We need to do something towards reversing our energy consumption and put political will towards keeping our vast wilderness and air and water safe. Democracy means the government must work with the people, not ignore the people and make huge decisions without their consent. We need to leave the planet a good place for our future children across the world as we are all connected. Protecting the Peel for a starter and banning fracking from the Yukon will help.

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Minister Fantino sorry for behaviour at meeting with aggrieved veterans Murray Brewster

Some veterans, stung by the encounter, refused to accept his apology. Fantino showed up to OTTAWA the meeting late and had a couple ulian Fantino offered an olive of testy exchanges with frustrated branch Wednesday to former sol- ex-soldiers. diers left angry and insulted by the At the centre of the controversy way the minister of veterans affairs is the imminent closure of eight dealt with their concerns. regional Veterans Affairs offices, The Conservatives were in full which provide support and benefit damage control mode as both opservices to veterans across Canada, position parties joined veterans in as the government moves toward demanding Fantino be fired over providing services online. his brusque handling of a meeting It’s unclear how far Fantino’s late Tuesday – something the minis- regrets will go mitigate a corrosive ter later said he “absolutely regrets.” political debate about the governCanadian Press

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ment’s push toward more online and remote services for Canada’s ex-service members. Conservatives portray it as increased efficiency; the opposition, public service unions, and an increasing number of veterans groups call it cost-cutting to the detriment of those who put their lives on the line for their country. Prime Minister Stephen Harper stood by Fantino, dismissing the growing public outcry as having been manufactured by the union that represents Veteran Affairs staff, which helped facilitate the meeting with the minister. “We have a small number – a small number – of duplicate veterans offices that have a very small caseload,” Harper told the House of Commons. “I know the unions don’t like it, (but) it makes a lot more sense to have 600 points of service for veterans,” he said, a reference to the government’s plan to move services from Veterans Affairs to less specialized – but more plentiful – Service Canada outlets. “I know why the unions and the NDP oppose that. This is in the best interest of veterans. They can play politics. We’re going to keep delivering for veterans.” One of Harper’s MPs, veteran Alberta Conservative Laurie Hawn,

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went a step further and accused the Public Service Alliance of Canada of not only sandbagging Fantino at the meeting, but cynically playing on public sympathy and mistrust. “The fact is, we’re caught in a bit of a love-hate relationship,” said Hawn, a former air force colonel. “People love to love soldiers, as they should. A lot of people love to hate government. That’s the reality.” The union has run a high-profile campaign against the closures, including the organizing of public rallies. The centres – in Kelowna, B.C., Saskatoon, Brandon, Man., Thunder Bay, Ont., Windsor, Ont., Sydney, N.S., Charlottetown and Corner Brook, N.L. – are slated to shut down Friday. A ninth office has already closed in Prince George, B.C. A veteran’s advocate says Conservatives are mistaken if they believe the groundswell of opposition is nothing more than another front in their undeclared war to ramp back benefits, entitlements and the power of public sector unions. “It is disingenuous for the government to dismiss these veterans’ concerns as a union matter,” said Mike Blais, president of Canadian Veterans Advocacy. “It is the services that are being denied that must be the focus.” Gordon Moore, head of the Royal Canadian Legion, said he believes the Conservatives are being hurt by the weight of this and other recent veterans controversies. Moore said he can’t understand

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why the government seems to be picking a fight with vets. There are still 118,000 Second World War and Korean veterans in Canada, many of them of an advanced age and lacking computer skills. Moore said the government could delay for a few years the transition toward greater online access. Late Wednesday, the NDP introduced a motion calling in the Commons calling on the Conservatives to halt the office closures and to improve mental-health services for soldiers. Much of the fallout from Tuesday’s angry meeting focused on Fantino’s personal style, which has occasionally rubbed ex-soldiers the wrong way. He caused an Internet furor last fall for remarks that likened his time with the Ontario Provincial Police with that of soldiers who’ve seen combat. The abrasiveness was not lost on NDP Leader Tom Mulcair, who led the charge for the minister’s resignation. “Mr. Fantino has showed a lack of understanding, a lack of heart, a lack of feeling, a lack of respect,” Mulcair said. “He shows nothing but scorn for people who come to him for help and he must be removed from his position.” Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau also demanded Fantino’s ouster. Veteran’s advocate Jerry Kovacs said the people he talks with are pining for the days of dealing with former veterans minister Steven Blaney.

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Libs grapple with repercussions of liberated senators Joan Bryden

But despite the outwardly unchanged proceedings, senators and MPs were wrestling behind OTTAWA the scenes Thursday with some t was business as usual in the immediate repercussions from the Senate one day after Justin Liberal leader’s surprise move. Trudeau shook up the upper Some are relatively minor. For chamber by booting all senators instance, the 36 Liberal MPs have from the Liberal caucus. to find a new room in which to Canadian Press

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policy experts in various MPs’ offices. They’re now grappling with how to restructure their own operations to fill the gap as best they can. It may mean relying more on Library of Parliament researchers and ending the practice of using the opposition research budget to fund individual senators’ special projects. Over the longer term, some senators believe the changes will have to be even more dramatic, leading to a complete overhaul of the way the Senate conducts its business. Sen. George Baker said he and the other 31 turfed senators have agreed for now to continue designating themselves Liberal senators in order to maintain funding for research and an opposition leader’s office, as well as membership on Senate committees. But he maintained that’s only a “stop-gap” measure until Senate rules – which are entirely geared

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Your inner Neanderthal: Fossil bits of Neanderthal DNA hide in human genome, influence skin Seth Borenstein

cavemen. The difference between where Neanderthal DNA is plentiful WASHINGTON and where it’s absent may help ext time you call someone a scientists understand what in our Neanderthal, better look in genome “makes humans human,” a mirror. Many of the genes that said University of Washington help determine most people’s genome scientist Joshua Akey, skin and hair are more Neander- lead author of the paper in Scithal than not, according to two ence. new studies that look at the DNA The studies mostly examined fossils hidden in the modern hu- the genomes of people whose anman genome. cestors left Africa at some point. About 50,000 years ago, mod- People whose ancestors have all ern day humans migrated out of stayed in Africa have almost no Africa north to Europe and East Neanderthal DNA because there Asia and met up with furrowwas little interbreeding. browed Neanderthals that had Harvard University researcher been in the colder climates for Sriram Sankararaman, the lead more than 100,000 years. Some author of the Nature study, said of the two species mated. And the place where Neanderthal then the Neanderthals died off as DNA seemed to have the most a species – except for what’s left influence in the modern human inside of us. genome has to do with skin and Scientists isolated the parts of hair. Akey said those instructhe modern human genetic blue- tions are as much as 70 per cent print that still contain NeanderNeanderthal. thal remnants. Overall, it’s barely “We’re more Neanderthal than more than 1 per cent, said two not in those genes,” Akey said. studies released Wednesday in However, Sankararaman the journals Nature and Science. cautions that scientists don’t yet However, in some places, such know just what the Neanderthal as the DNA related to the skin, DNA dictates in our skin and the genetic instructions are as hair. much as 70 per cent Neanderthal Sarah Tishkoff, a professor and in other places there’s virtu- of genetics and biology at the University of Pennsylvania who ally nothing from the species was not part of either study, that’s often portrayed as brutish Associated Press

Another area where we have more Neanderthal DNA is parts of genetic codes that have to do with certain immune system functions, Sankararaman said. Again, scientists can’t say more than that these Neanderthal genes seem connected to certain diseases, such as type 2 diabetes and Crohn’s disease and lupus, but they are there. Tiskhoff and Akey said one of the most interesting parts in comparing human and Neanderthal genomes is where we don’t see any caveman influence. That, Tiskhoff said, is “what makes Heinz Ducklau/AP Photo us uniquely human” and those regions of genetic code “you just Next time you call someone a Neanderthal, better look in can’t mess with.” One of those areas has been a mirror. Much of the genes heavily connected to genes that that help determine most determine speech and compeople’s skin and hair are munication and there’s nothing much more Neanderthal Neanderthal there, Akey said. than not. This fits with theories that lack of communication skills hurt Netheorized that the Neanderthal DNA probably helped the darker anderthal and speech ability was a distinctly human advantage, he humans out of Africa cope with the cooler less bright north. Liv- said. And the study in Nature found ing in the cooler Europe means something that may help explain less ultraviolet light and less why the brutish and virile cavevitamin D from the sun. Darker skin blocks more of those needed men haven’t influenced humans much: They may have made barays, so lighter skin is more advantageous in the north and it bies, but the male hybrids of Neseems that humans adopted that anderthals and humans weren’t Neanderthal adaptation, she said. very fertile. Scientists figured that

out because the genes associated with the testicles in humans and the X chromosome were unusually empty of Neanderthal influence. While Neanderthal males themselves were likely good at breeding, their half-human sons weren’t and “they must have been disappointed in their sons,” said Nature co-author Svante Paabo of the Max Planck Institute in Germany. The Nature paper found that people of more East Asian descent had slightly more Neanderthal than Europeans, indicating that there may have been a second wave of interbreeding in Asia, researchers said. Three outside scientists praised the two studies, which used different techniques to reach similar conclusions. And those conclusions were so close to each other and standard evolution theory that it all fits together in a scary way for scientists used to findings that surprise, said New York University anthropology professor Todd Disotell. Disotell recently had his genome tested by a private company and found he’s got more Neanderthal DNA than most people, about 2.9 per cent: “I’m quite proud of that.”

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the Oceana conservationist group, said Shell’s retreat shows that offshore drilling in the Arctic is “simply AMSTERDAM, Netherlands not a good bet from a business il companies’ rush to find reperspective.” serves off Alaska’s Arctic shores Shell’s troubles in Alaska are suffered a setback on Thursday after only the most visible in a series of Shell said it would suspend its opsetbacks for the company in the U.S., erations in the region – and possibly and Van Beurden hinted he won’t withdraw for good. prioritize investments there in the Royal Dutch Shell PLC is the future. main company to have purchased While oil prices remain high leases for oilfields off Alaska’s Arctic globally, “North America natural gas shores, but its attempts to drill have prices and associated crude markers been halting due to technical and remain low, and industry refining legal hurdles. margins are under pressure” Van While other companies are still Beurden said. seeking to exploit deep-water Arctic Last month, Shell said it was fields nearby in Canada, Shell’s scrapping a $20 billion dollar project troubles may indicate the troubles to develop an onshore natural gasoutweigh the potential economic to-diesel facility in Louisiana. benefits. Van Beurden’s predecessor, Peter “We will not drill in Alaska in Voser, spent billions building up the 2014, and we are reviewing our company’s portfolio of U.S. shale options there,” Shell CEO Ben van properties to $26 billion, only to Beurden told reporters in London. write $2 billion off their value last Shell received a negative Federal summer. court decision last week. Envi“Yes, we went into North America ronmentalists are still challenging in a big way. You could argue that we whether the government’s 2008 deciwent a little bit too far too soon. But sion to open the area to exploration we are where we are,” Van Beurden was correctly granted in the first said. place: it is covered by sea ice for He described the North Amerimuch of the year. can shale market as “a different Asked whether Thursday’s retreat game, a very efficient market, and means the project is finished, Van the sort of pressures you have there Beurden said that depends in part are therefore fundamentally differon how the ongoing lawsuit proent from what you would have in ceeds. places like Russia, Argentina.” Environmental activists cried Still, Shell’s Arctic misadventures victory. stand out. “Shell’s Arctic failure is being After purchasing licenses for watched closely by other oil compa$2.1 billion in the Chukchi sea off nies, who must now conclude that this region is too remote, too hostile Alaska’s coast in 2008, Shell began preliminary drilling in the summer and too iconic to be worth exploring,” Greenpeace International Arc- of 2012. But it was unable to get far after tic oil campaigner Charlie Kronick difficulties deploying an oil containsaid in a reaction. Jacqueline Savitz, the U.S. chief of ment system it had on standby in Associated Press

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Mexico reports dramatic drop in Monarch butterflies, migration may disappear Mark Stevenson

to California, but that has also registered declines. The migration is an inherited MEXICO CITY trait. No butterfly lives to make the he number of Monarch butfull round-trip, and it is unclear terflies wintering in Mexico how they remember the route back plunged this year to its lowest level to the same patch of forest each since studies began in 1993, leading year, a journey of thousands of experts to announce Wednesday miles to a forest reserve that covers that the insects’ annual migration 193,000 acres (56,259-hectares) in from the United States and Canada central Mexico. is in danger of disappearing. Inhabitants of the reserve had A report released by the World already noted a historic change, Wildlife Fund, Mexico’s Environas early as the Nov. 1-2 Day of the ment Department and the NatuDead holiday, when the butterflies ral Protected Areas Commission usually arrive. blames the displacement of the “They were part of the landscape milkweed the species feeds on by of the Day of the Dead, when you genetically modified crops and could see them flitting around the urban sprawl in the United States, graveyards,” said Gloria Tavera, the as well as the dramatic reduction director of the reserve. “This year of the butterflies’ habitat in Mexico was the first time in memory that due to illegal logging of the trees they weren’t there.” they depend on for shelter. Losing the butterflies would be After steep and steady declines a blow for people such as Adolfo in the previous three years, the Rivera, 55, a farmer from the town black-and-orange butterflies now of Los Saucos who works as a guide Marco Ugarte/AP Photo cover only 1.65 acres (0.67 hectares) for tourists in the Piedra Herrada A Monarch butterfly perches on a tree at the Sierra Chincua Sanctuary in the mountains in the pine and fir forests west of wintering ground. He said the of Mexico’s Michoacan state. The number of Monarch butterflies wintering in Mexico has Mexico City, compared to 2.93 butterflies had come later and in acres (1.19 hectares) last year. They plunged to its lowest level since studies began in 1993. smaller numbers this year, a fact he covered more than 44.5 acres (18 attributed to a rainy winter. “This arch. At the time, the butterfly was USA,” which “leads to the wholesale While some gardeners and activ- is a source of pride for us, and hectares) at their recorded peak in adopted as the symbol of trilateral killing of the monarch’s principal ists in the United States have started income,” Rivera said. 1995. co-operation. food plant, common milkweed,” a movement to plant small patches Because the butterflies clump Butterfly guide Emilio Velazquez “Twenty years after the signing Brower wrote in an email. of milkweed, the effort is in its together by the thousands in trees, Moreno, 39, and other farmers in of NAFTA, the Monarch migration, While Mexico has made headway infancy. Extreme weather – extreme the village of Macheros, located they are counted by the area they the symbol of the three countries’ in reducing logging in the officially cold snaps, unusually heavy rains cover. inside the reserve, have been plantco-operation, is at serious risk of protected winter reserve, that alone or droughts in all three countries – ing small plots of milkweed in a bid The decline in the Monarch disappearing,” said Omar Vidal, cannot save the migration, wrote have also apparently played a role in to provide food for the Monarchs if population now marks a statistical Karen Oberhauser, a professor at the decline. long-term trend and can no longer Omar Vidal, the World Wildlife they decide to stay in Mexico yearFund director in Mexico. the University of Minnesota. She It’s unclear what would happen be seen as a combination of yearly round, which he said some do. Lincoln Brower, a leading entonoted that studies indicate that the to the Monarchs if they no longer or seasonal events, experts say. Sitting beside a mountainside U.S. Midwest is the main source of migrated. The butterflies can appar- patch of firs where the butterflies The announcement followed on mologist at Sweet Briar College in Virginia, wrote that “the migration the butterflies coming to Mexico. “A ently survive year-round in warmer were clumping on the branches, the heels of the 20th anniversary is definitely proving to be an endan- large part of their reproductive hab- climates, but populations in the of the North American Free Trade Velazquez Moreno, a second-gengered biological phenomenon.” itat in that region has been lost due northern United States and Canada eration guide who has been visiting Agreement, which saw the United “The main culprit is now GMO to changes in agricultural practices, would have to face bitter winters. States, Mexico and Canada signing the butterflies since he was a boy, herbicide-resistant corn and soymainly the explosive growth in the There is also another small migraenvironmental accords to protect said “we have to protect this. This migratory species such as the Mon- bean crops and herbicides in the use of herbicide-tolerant crops.” tion route that takes the butterflies comes first, this is our heritage.” Associated Press

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Tests of natural gas locomotives chugging ahead but railroads have many questions about idea Josh Funk Associated Press

OMAHA, Neb. he diesel-burning locomotive, the workhorse of American railroads since World War II, will soon begin burning natural gas – a potentially historic shift that could cut fuel costs, reduce pollution and strengthen the advantage railroads hold over trucks in long-haul shipping. Rail companies want to take advantage of booming natural gas production that has cut the price of the fuel by as much as 50 per cent. So they are preparing to experiment with redesigned engines capable of burning both diesel and liquefied natural gas. Natural gas “may revolutionize the industry much like the transition from steam to diesel,” said Jessica Taylor, a spokeswoman for General Electric’s locomotive division, one of several companies that will test new natural gas equipment later this year. Any changes are sure to happen slowly. A full-scale shift to natural gas would require expensive new infrastructure across the nation’s 140,000-mile freight-rail system, including scores of fueling stations. The change has been made possible by hydraulic fracturing drilling techniques, which have allowed U.S. drillers to tap into vast deposits of natural gas. The boom has created such abundance that prices dropped to an average of $3.73 per million British thermal units last year – less than one-third of their 2008 peak. Over the past couple of years, cheap gas has inspired many utilities to turn away from coal, a move that hurt railroads’ profits. And natural gas is becoming more widely used in transportation. More than 100,000 buses, trucks and other vehicles already

run on it, although that figure represents only about 3 per cent of the transportation sector. The savings could be considerable. The nation’s biggest freight railroad, Union Pacific, spent more than $3.6 billion on fuel in 2012, about a quarter of total expenses. But even under the most optimistic scenario, there’s no way all of that diesel will be replaced. Railroads and locomotive makers are looking primarily at ways to retrofit existing machines to burn a mix of diesel and natural gas because that will be the quickest and easiest way to adopt the new technology. Locomotive makers have not yet set the prices of their retrofit kits, but railroads expect they will be cheaper than a new locomotive costing roughly $2 million. Using both diesel and natural gas also offers some advantages over using natural gas alone. The diesel can provide the spark needed to ignite natural gas without redesigning locomotive engines, and the diesel helps provide horsepower. Railroads are planning to use liquefied natural gas, which is not as readily available as other forms of gas because it must be cooled to minus 260 degrees. That step adds to the price, but the amount varies based on how the process is done. “It’s so early in this that we’re still working to understand the potential savings,” said Louis Renjel, vice-president of strategic infrastructure at CSX railroad. The projected cost comparisons do not include the millions of dollars railroads would have to spend on a network of natural gas fueling stations along their tracks. That expense won’t be clear until after the tests, when railroads decide whether to build their own liquefaction facilities or just store fuels. “There are a lot of factors

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A diesel locomotive in Union Pacific’s Council Bluffs, Iowa, rail yard. The boom in natural gas production may shake up American railroads.

that aren’t accounted for yet,” said Michael Iden, who oversees locomotive engineering at Union Pacific. Locomotive makers say natural-gas engines could also significantly reduce emissions compared with diesel locomotives, but the potential cost savings is the biggest reason the rail industry is eager to make the change. From the outside, natural gas locomotives will not look much different, but they will have to pull a tank car behind the engine to carry enough liquefied natural gas, or LNG, to have a similar range to diesel units. Both of the major locomotive manufacturers, General Electric and Caterpillar’s Electro-Motive Diesel, have developed prototypes that will be tested by Union Pacific, CSX, BNSF and Canadian National railroads beginning this year. If the projected cost savings are realized, railroads would improve their profits and better The new Yukon home of

compete against trucks, where they already hold the advantage on deliveries longer than 500 miles. “They can lower their costs further and widen their advantage over trucks,” Edward Jones analyst Logan Purk said. But he sounded one note of caution: Natural gas prices have always been volatile, and they could climb if gas exports expand significantly and more industries switch over to natural gas. Another issue is the design for the fuel tender cars that will haul liquefied natural gas for the

locomotives. That’s something that will have to be standardized because the major freight railroads regularly pass locomotives back and forth to keep trains moving efficiently. Once they agree on a design for the tenders, the railroads may have a hard time getting enough of them because tank car manufactures are already struggling to keep up with demand. Customers sometimes wait up to three years for new tankers. This isn’t the first time railroads have flirted with natural gas locomotives. Both Union Pacific and BNSF spent several years working on the concept in the late 1980s and 1990s, so the industry isn’t starting from scratch. Industry officials say the rising natural gas prices that helped scuttle their earlier experimentation with the fuel should not pose a problem this time because significant new sources of natural gas are now available. Peter Roosen is CEO of VeRail, which is developing natural gas conversion kits for lowhorsepower locomotives, such as those used in rail yards. “I think we’re going to have reasonably priced natural gas for decades,” Roosen said, “if not for a generation or two.”

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Doses of peanut flour helped many allergic children safely eat a few nuts

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LONDON n experimental therapy that fed children with peanut allergies small amounts of peanut flour has helped more than 80 per cent of them safely eat a handful of the previously worrisome nuts. Although experts say the results of the carefully monitored study are encouraging, they warn it isn’t something that parents should try at home. Peanut allergies are on the rise globally and affect about 1 in 50 children, mostly in high-income countries. The consequences can be life-threatening – peanuts are the most common cause of fatal food allergy reactions. There is no way to avoid a reaction other than just avoiding peanuts. Allergy shots used for environmental triggers like pollen are too risky. Doctors at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge started by giving 99 children aged seven to 16 with severe peanut allergies a tiny 2-milligram dose of a special peanut flour mixed into their food. Slowly they increased that amount to 800 milligrams. The dose increases were given at a research facility where the children were observed for any dangerous side effects – the most frequent were itchiness in the mouth, stomach pains or nausea. After six months of treatment, more than 80 per cent of the children can now safely eat five peanuts at a time. “This made a dramatic difference to their lives,” said Dr. Andrew Clark of the University of Cambridge in Britain, who led the research. “Before the study, they could not even tolerate tiny bits of peanuts and their parents had to read food labels continuously.” The intention of the treatment isn’t to help kids eat large amounts of peanuts, but to prevent a life-threat-

ening allergic reaction in case they accidentally eat trace amounts. Clark said the treatment works by retraining the patients’ immune systems so they can gradually build up a tolerance to peanuts, though he guessed they might need to keep taking it for several years. He and colleagues plan to offer the treatment soon in a special peanut allergy clinic as well as beginning larger studies. The study was paid for by Britain’s Medical Research Council and the National Institute for Health Research. It was published online Thursday in the journal, Lancet. In an accompanying commentary, Matthew Greenhawt of the University of Michigan described the study’s results as “exceptionally promising” but predicted the treatment was still “years away from routine clinical use.” He noted that previous research which used a similar approach for milk allergies had failed and said it was unknown if the peanut therapy could produce “lasting tolerance.” Unlike other childhood food allergies, children rarely outgrow a nut allergy. Schools across Canada and the United States have taken a host of measures to combat the problem, some airlines have stopped serving packaged nuts and there’s been a fierce debate over whether peanut butter should be banned from schools. Lena Barden, 12, used to suffer serious swelling and breathing problems after eating just a trace amounts of nuts. But since she joined the study more than two years ago, Barden’s tolerance has grown and she now eats five peanuts a day. While Barden says she still hates peanuts, the trial has allowed her to indulge in previously forbidden treats. “I’d never tried a doughnut before I was 11 because they (could) contain traces of nuts,” she said. Then a friend bought a pack and offered her one. “It was amazing,” she said. “I ate the entire packet.”

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Sunday, Feb 2

Wednesday, Feb 5

3pm 15 Reasons to Live

9pm The Congress

A ZWEIG, ON, 2013, 83MIN

A FOLMAN, ISR/BEL/POL/GER/FRA, 2013, 122 MIN

12pm Fire Hall Film Talk (free event)

7pm Arctic Defenders

12pm PilgrIMAGE

Zweig (I, Curmudgeon, Lovable) explores themes such as work, love, humour, and solitude with an eclectic cast of characters in this thought-provoking documentary.

Robin Wright, a Hollywood actress who once held great promise (The Princess Bride, House of Cards) receives an unexpected offer: Mirramount Studios proposes to scan her entire being into their computers and purchase ownership of her image for an astronomical fee. Parental guidance suggested: sexual content.

With Miroir Noir’s Vincent Morisset about Creating Films for Computers. Old Fire Hall.

Local producers with long-form projects in development show and discuss their current work.

J WALKER, NU/NS, 2013, 90 MIN

(A Tribute to Peter Wintonick)

5:15pm Oil Sands Karaoke

A stunningly photographed piece about the creation of the largest Aboriginal land claim in the world—the Territory of Nunavut. This finely layered film explores the meaning of sovereignty and Inuit self-determination. Director in attendance.

WINTONICK/BURT-WINTONICK, QC, 2009, 82 MIN

C WILKINSON, BC, 2013, 85 MIN

Renowned Canadian documentarian Peter Wintonick and his 19-year-old daughter Mira take a cinematic road trip around the world, exploring life lessons as well as the past, present and future of film and image-making.

Through five oil sands workers belting their hearts out at a Fort McMurray pub we get an intimate view of community and culture in a town overshadowed by its reputation. Director in attendance.

Monday, Feb 3

5pm La jaula de oro (The Golden Cage)

8pm The Summit

D QUEMADA-DÍEZ, ESP/MEX, 2013, 102 MIN

N RYAN, IRL/UK, 2012, 100 MIN

Three teenagers from the slums of Guatemala journey toward the US in search of a better life, at the mercy of whatever horrors and joys cross their path. In Spanish w/ English subtitles. Parental guidance suggested: graphic violence.

This stunning and riveting documentary tells the story of the 2008 climber tragedy on K2 (the world’s second highest mountain), zeroing in on the super-human feat of a Nepalese climber who spent 36 hours in the ‘death-zone’ to rescue fellow climbers.

12pm Fire Hall Film Talk (free event)

With Crazywater’s Dennis Allen, Teri Snelgrove and Kirk Tougas. Old Fire Hall. 5:30pm Crazywater D ALLEN, YT/BC, 2013, 55 MIN

The Canadian Premiere of this emotional and revealing exploration of substance abuse among First Nations people in Canada. Director in attendance. 8pm Cas & Dylan J PRIESTLEY, BC, 2013, 90 MIN

Priestley directs this offbeat comedy-drama starring Richard Dreyfuss and Tatiana Maslany as two unlikely companions who drive a beat-up orange Volkswagen from Winnipeg to Vancouver Island on a voyage of discovery.

Tuesday, Feb 4

7:30pm The Grand Seduction D MCKELLAR, ON/NL 2013, 115 MIN

10:15pm I am Divine

This remake of the Quebecois film of the same name charts the lengths to which the townsfolk of a tiny Newfoundland coastal community will go to enchant a big-city doctor (with Gordon Pinsent and Brendan Gleeson). Director in attendance.

J SCHWARZ, USA, 2013, 85 MIN

Thursday, Feb 6

This is the story of Divine, aka Harris Glenn Milstead, from his humble beginnings as an overweight, teased Baltimore youth, to his collaboration with filmmaker John Waters in the 1960s and 70s that transformed him into an internationally recognized drag superstar. Parental guidance suggested: mature themes.

12pm Salmon Confidential

Saturday, February 8

T ROSCOVICH, BC, 2013, 89 MIN

12pm Fire Hall Film Talk (free event)

With Rhymes for Young Ghouls’ Kawennahere Devery Jacobs. Old Fire Hall.

This provocative film documents biologist Alexandra Morton as she uncovers dangerous viruses threatening wild Pacific salmon, with surprising insight into government agencies tasked with managing the safety of our food supply.

12pm The Call of the Yukon

6:30pm No Clue

W WELCHER, YT, 2014, 52 MIN

This documentary series considers the lifestyles of German-speaking Yukoners. Two episodes will screen; director in attendance. In German w/ English subtitles. 4:30pm Alias M LATIMER, ON, 2013, 65 MIN

Raw and uncompromising, this inspiring documentary tells the story of aspiring rappers trying to escape the gangster life, while illuminating a darker side of urban Canada. Parental guidance suggested: coarse language 6:30pm Rhymes for Young Ghouls J BARNABY, QC, 2013, 88 MIN

A fictional 1970s Indian reservation by the name of Red Crow is the backdrop for this funny stylish, and starkly original black-comedy-horror film. The residents do what they can to survive and resist the oppression of the church, the residential school and the reserve’s evil Indian agent. Parental guidance suggested: graphic violence and mature themes. 9pm Miroir Noir V MORISSET, QC, 2008, 82 MIN

This documentary/concert film follows the Montreal based band Arcade Fire on their aroundthe-world tour and in the studio as they prepare to record their sophomore album Neon Bible. Director in attendance. Screens with Subconscious Password C LANDRETH, 2013, 11 MIN

An NFB animation with music by Daniel Janke.

C BESSAI, BC, 2013, 96 MIN

A beautiful femme fatale (Amy Smart) walks into a private detective’s office, only the man behind the desk is not a real detective, he’s comedian Brent Butt (Corner Gas) who has wandered into the wrong place. But the blonde is such a bombshell that he figures what harm would there be in posing as a hard-boiled detective and helping her out a bit? Director in attendance. 9pm Tom à la ferme (Tom at the Farm)

9:30am My Neighbour Totoro H MIYAZAKI, JPN, 1988, 82 MIN

This classic animation is as lovable now as when it was first released. Satsuki and her younger sister Mei move into a house in the country and discover that the nearby forest is inhabited by magical creatures called Totoros (pronounced toe-toe-ro). Free admission: family screening. 11:30am Expedition to the End of the World

(Ekspeditionen til verdens ende) D DENCIK, DNK/SWE/GRL, 2013, 90 MIN

A thrilling 21st century adventure film. NorthEast Greenland’s melting massifs set the scene for this exploratory mission realized by a myriad of personalities—scientists, philosophers and artists—all on one magnificent ship. In English and Danish w/ English subtitles.

X DOLAN, QC, 2013, 102 MIN

Dolan (I Killed My Mother) plays the grief-stricken Tom, who ventures into the bucolic Quebec countryside for his lover’s funeral only to become a pawn in a sadistic game perpetrated by the deceased’s savage sexually repressed brother. In French w/ English subtitles. Parental guidance suggested: mature themes and graphic violence.

Friday, Feb 7 10:30am Gold T ARSLAN, GER, 2013, 102 MIN

1898—the Klondike Gold Rush. Driven by hope for a better life, courageous Emily Meyer joins a group of seven German-Americans on the long journey to the Dawson gold fields. In German w/ English subtitles. Parental guidance suggested: frightening scenes. 12:30pm My Prairie Home C MCMULLAN, ON, 2013, 77 MIN

True Canadian iconoclast and acclaimed transgendered country/electro-pop artist Rae Spoon revisits the stretches of rural Alberta that he once considered ‘home’ and confronts memories of growing up queer in an evangelical household.

2pm Hi Ho Mistahey!

Sunday, Feb 9 10am Uvanga HÉLÈNE-COUSINEAU/IVALU, NU, 2013, 88 MIN.

In the land of the midnight sun, 14-year-old Tomas returns to the people and culture of an Inuk father he never knew. 12pm Revolution R STEWART, CAN, 2013, 90 MIN

Revolution is a film about changing the world and the true-life adventure of director Rob Stewart (Sharkwater): one that will take him through 15 countries over four years, and where he’ll discover that it’s not only sharks that are in grave danger—it’s humanity itself. Q&A to follow. 3pm Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer LERNER/POZDOROVKIN, UK/RU, 2013, 88 MIN

Moving from farce to tragedy and back again, the film explores how political and religious forces in Russia make an example out of three young artists who stepped out of line. In Russian w/ English subtitles. 5pm Watermark J BAICHWAL, ON, 2013, 92 MIN

Renowned photographer Edward Burtynsky teams up with filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal to explore the massive impact that human intervention has had on the world’s water supply with images of astonishing (and sometimes terrifying) beauty. 7:45pm The Rocket K MOUDANT, LAO/THA/AUS, 2013, 96 MIN

A boy who is believed to bring bad luck builds a giant rocket in order to prove his family that he’s not cursed. The Rocket is a feel-good film for the whole family that will transport you into a tropical rainforest and the fascinating life of a Laotian boy. In Lao w/ English subtitles.

Venue Yukon Arts Centre, unless noted

A OBOMSAWIN, CANADA, 2013, 99 MIN

Legendary director Alanis Obomsawin addresses shocking issues surrounding the rights of Indigenous children through the inspirational story of Shannen Koostachin, a Cree teenager who became a powerful activist. Director in attendance.

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4:30pm Blood Brother

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$12 /$11 YFS Members, seniors, youth under 16. Select films are $7 for youth under 16. Refer to schedule for details. Five Film Pass: $52

S HOOVER, USA, 2013, 92 MIN

Rocky Braat’s inspiring story about leaving behind his life in Pittsburgh to offer full-time support in India to women and children living with HIV and AIDS. In Tamil and English w/ English subtitles. 6:45pm Gabrielle L ARCHAMBAULT, QC, 2013, 104 MIN

Produced by the team behind Monsieur Lazhar, Gabrielle is a captivating tale of a developmentally challenged young woman’s quest for independence and love. In French w/ English subtitles. Parental guidance suggested: mature themes.

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‘Weight fate’ starts early; nearly half of obese 8th graders were overweight in Kindergarten The work also shows the need for parents, doctors, preschools and even day care centres to be involved, said Dr. Stephen Daniels, a University of Colorado pediatrician and a spokesman for the American Heart Association. Parents who are concerned about a child’s weight should talk with their child’s doctor, because it may be hard to tell what is normal at various ages and appearances can be misleading. In children, obesity and overweight are defined by how a child ranks on growth charts that compare them to other kids the same age and gender. Kids at or above the Seth Wenig/AP Photo 85th percentile are considered overweight, and obese at the 95th Oumou Balde, left, plays with her teacher Jacqualine Sanpercentile or above. chez, right, and some pretend food at the Sheltering Arms No child should be placed on a Learning Center in New York. diet without a doctor’s advice, the Native Americans and mixed-race families. federal Centres for Disease ConBirthweight: At all ages, obechildren. trol and Prevention advises. To By eighth grade, 17 per cent of sity was more common among help keep kids healthy, balance the black children had become obese, children who weighed a lot at calories a child gets from food and birth – roughly 9 pounds or more. beverages with how much exercise compared to 14 per cent of HisAbout 36 per cent of kids who panics and 10 per cent of whites he or she gets to allow enough became obese during grade school for normal growth – some weight and children of other races. had been large at birth. Income: Obesity was least gain is normal, the CDC says. The study’s findings do not common among children from “You can change your fate by mean that it’s too late for schools the wealthiest families and most things that you do early in life,” prevalent among kids in the next- to act, but their best tactic may with more exercise and eating a healthy diet, Daniels said. “Once be to focus on kids who are to-lowest income category. The it occurs, obesity is really hard to overweight and try to encourage highest rate of children develtreat. So the idea is we should reexercise and healthy eating, Cunoping obesity during the study ally work hard to prevent it.” ningham said. years was among middle-income

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cent were overweight. Besides how common obesity was at various ages, researchers hose efforts to fight obesity focused on the 6,807 children who in schools? Think younger. A were not obese when the study new study finds that much of a started, at kindergarten entry. child’s “weight fate” is set by age Here are some things they found: 5, and that nearly half of kids who Who became obese: Between became obese by the eighth grade ages 5 and 14, nearly 12 per cent were already overweight when of children developed obesity – 10 they started kindergarten. The prevalence of weight prob- per cent of girls and nearly 14 per lems has long been known – about cent of boys. Nearly half of kids who started a third of U.S. kids are overweight kindergarten overweight became or obese. But surprisingly little obese teens. Overweight 5-yearis known about which kids will olds were four times as likely develop obesity, and at what age. Researchers think there may be as normal-weight children to become obese (32 per cent versus a window of opportunity to prevent it, and “we keep pushing our 8 per cent). Grade levels: Most of the shift critical window earlier and earlier occurred in the younger grades. on,” said Solveig Cunningham, a During the kindergarten year, scientist at Emory University. “A about 5 per cent of kids who had lot of the risk of obesity seems to be set, to some extent, really early not been obese at the start became that way by the end. The greatest in life.” increase in the prevalence of obeShe led the new study, which was published in this week’s New sity was between first and third England Journal of Medicine and grades; it changed little from ages 11 to 14. paid for by the federal governRace: From kindergarten ment. It tracked a nationwide sample through eighth grade, the prevalence of obesity increased by 65 of more than 7,700 children through grade school. When they per cent among whites, 50 per cent among Hispanics, almost 120 started kindergarten, 12 per cent per cent among blacks and more were obese and 15 per cent were than 40 per cent among othoverweight. By eighth grade, 21 ers – Asians, Pacific Islanders and per cent were obese and 17 per Associated Press

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Mouse study suggests why some vitamins might spur cancer, backing longtime warning for smokers the first place – only what happens if cancer already has begun. The researchers gave Vitamin E, in a range of supplement doses, or an antioxidant drug named Nacetylcysteine to mice engineered to have lung cancer. The antioxidants did prevent some cell damage. But doing so prevented a well-known tumoursuppressing gene named p53 from getting the signal to do its job, explained study co-author and Gothenburg biologist Per Lindahl. The antioxidants “allow the cancer cells to escape their own defence system,” he said.

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Filmmaker John Walker, director of Arctic Defenders, with kids in Resolute Bay, 1968. Walker’s film traces the creation of Nunavut, and opens this year’s Available Light Film Festival, at the Yukon Arts Centre on Sunday at 7 p.m.

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Jeff Barnaby, the strength of northern and aboriginal filmmakers is on display. n 1968, a teenage John Walker Ghouls, in particular, captured packed up his 35mm camera and Connors’s attention. “That’s a difficult boarded a coast guard supply ship, subject for a lot of people in the Yukon headed for the most remote commu– and to turn it into a black comedy is nities of Canada’s Arctic – known then extraordinary and brave, and kind of as “Eskimo” country. messed up,” said Connors. “It’s a great That summer job and the photos film, very entertaining, but graphic Walker took then would prove invalu- in places and hard to watch, but very able nearly 50 years later, when he funny.” would return to the North to make Lead actress Kawennahere Devery Arctic Defenders, the story of the Inuit Jacobs will be in attendance for the activists that worked to create a terriTuesday 6:30 p.m. screening. tory of their own, Nunavut. Mainstream Canadian comedy Walker’s documentary kicks off this is well represented this year. Brent year’s Available Light Film Festival, Butt stars in the Vancouver filmSunday at 7 p.m. at the Yukon Arts noir comedy, No Clue; there’s Jason Centre. Priestley’s directorial debut, Cas & “There’s always an imperative for Dylan; and there’s Don McKellar’s The films from the Canadian North, and Grand Seduction, which tells the story aboriginal experiences,” said festival of a struggling Newfoundland fishing director Andrew Connors. village and their scheme to acquire a Check, and check. big-city doctor. With new films like Alanis ObomIn a cheeky nod to our Russian sawin’s documentary Hi Ho Mistahey, friends, the documentary Pussy Riot: (which follows Attawapiskat teenager A Punk Prayer will screen February 9, Shannen Koostatchin’s fight for decent while the Sochi Olympic games holds education in her hometown) and the its opening ceremonies. residential school revenge-horrorSome local filmmakers will get a bit comedy Rhymes for Young Ghouls, by of limelight. Dennis Allen’s Crazywater News Staff

some technical improvements for this year’s festival, including better surround sound and a new, 25-per-cent larger movie screen. “It’s always looked good, but it’s always been a screen in a performing arts theatre,” said Connors. “It’s going to look like a cinema this year.” That bodes well for guaranteed visual stunners like Edward Burtynsky and Jennifer Baichwal’s globe-spanning documentary, Watermark. Another improvement in this year’s programming will be moderated postscreening talks with filmmakers. Globe and Mail film critic Geoff Pevere will host talks with John Walker, Don McKellar and No Clue Courtesy eOne Films director Carl Bessai. Brendan Gleeson, Taylor Kitsch and Gordon Pinsent in Don Montreal filmmaker Vincent McKellar’s comedy The Grand Seduction. Morisset will kick off the free noonhour Fire Hall film talks on Sunday It’s not all Can-con, though. takes a personal look at alcoholism with a look at interactive digital films. Festival favorites from around the among First Nations people. Two Morisset was responsible for a number world include The Summit, an innova- of lauded Arcade Fire video projects episodes of Werner Walcher’s new television show, The Call of the Yukon, tive documentary about a doomed that stretched the boundaries of userexpedition to K2; a free screening of follow German-speakers in the terriinterface. the anime classic My Neighbour Totoro; tory. Daniel Janke composed music For a complete festival schedule, and award winner The Rocket, a feelfor the animated short Subconcious surf to good family film from Laos, which Password, which will screen with the www.yukonfilmsociety.com/alff Arcade Fire documentary Miroir Noir closes the festival. Contact Ian Stewart at Cinemaphiles will be happy with on Tuesday. istewart@yukon-news.com

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Rhymes for Young Ghouls shines a light on residential school tragedy Victoria Ahearn Canadian Press

TORONTO t’s 1976 on the Red Crow Mi’gMaq reserve and a tough-as-nails teen is dealing dope so she can make money to pay off a corrupt Indian agent and avoid residential school. Though the plot from the new Canadian film Rhymes for Young Ghouls is set in a fictional place nearly four decades ago, it’s still timely as the horrors of Canada’s aboriginal residential school system continue to cause ripples in First Nations communities, says writer-director Jeff Barnaby. “I think just the self-esteem issues, that has to be the most resounding residual effect and, of course, the sexual abuse issues,” he said in an interview. “I mean, studies have shown that if you’re abused as a child you’re more likely to do something like that as you get older. “And just to get over the horrors of something like that, it’s not something that you can do in a generation or two. I think that residual effect just goes on and on and on.” Continued Barnaby: “I explain it like your great-greatgrandmother goes to a residential school and she gets told that she’s worthless and nothing, and if she survives that experience, she has it ingrained in her head and then she tells that to her kids and they tell it to her kids and tell it to her kids. “And then next thing you know, it’s 2014 and you’re a young person growing up on a reserve and have this feeling and you have no real associa-

tion as to where it comes from, because nobody teaches you about it; it more or less gets swept under the rug.” Opening Friday in Toronto and on Feb. 14 in Vancouver, Rhymes for Young Ghouls stars Native American/Mohawk actress Kawennahere Devery Jacobs as the heroine Aila, who has witnessed the accidental death of her younger brother as well as the suicide of her mother and the incarceration of her father (Glen Gould). Left to fend for herself, the 15-year-old helps her uncle Burner (Brandon Oakes) with his drug business in order to pay her “truancy tax” to the Indian agent Popper (Mark Antony Krupa), who runs the residential school and takes bribes from those who want to avoid it. When Aila’s money is stolen, she and others exact revenge upon the agent, who has a long-standing history with the family. The unflinching drama has been lauded on the film festival circuit, and at the recent Toronto Film Critics Association awards, venerated filmmaker Norman Jewison deemed Barnaby the recipient of $50,000 in services donated by Technicolor. Barnaby wrote the story, his debut feature, after making short films including the Genienominated File Under Miscellaneous. He used women in his life as inspiration, including his grandmother who was in a residential school. “Nobody talks about what happened at that school,” said

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Barnaby, who grew up on the Mi’gmaq reserve in Listuguj, Que. “I don’t think that’s something they wanted their children or their grandchildren knowing that they went through. “Because why would you want to put that into a child’s brain – that there are individuals out there that hate you so much that they’re willing to do this to you? I think it just got this stigma or shame to it that it became impossible to talk about. “So I think that’s why, decades after the fact, we’re still talking about it and things are still being uncovered, because I think the victims of this horrible thing are just starting to come to terms with it now, and I think they want to kind of pass on this knowledge so that it doesn’t happen again.” Barnaby said part of the reason why he wanted to make the film was to raise awareness to ensure “nothing like this ever

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happens again in Canada.” That said, he wanted to create a film that captured the public’s attention but “didn’t seem heavy handed or it didn’t seem preachy.” Still, the film does contain irreverent humour and “a popcorn movie” style Barnaby said he was deliberately aiming for in order to deliver “an entertaining movie” and “get some sort of box office.” “I didn’t want to make a poverty porn, put it that way. I wanted to make an entertaining

movie. I wanted to make a Road House with my Patrick Swayze as a 15-year-old girl … or Conan the Barbarian with my Conan as a 15-year-old girl.” When he found Jacobs for the role, she was a hard-working university student and tomboy who was a waitress at what he called “a rough-and-tumble reserve bar.” “She would’ve saw and heard all the things that we were going to put into the film, and that’s what we wanted,” said Barnaby, who shot the film in and around Montreal. “We didn’t want a dainty little girly girl kind of prancing around the set, and she came and she delivered and at no one point did she ever complain.” Barnaby said his upcoming projects include a zombie movie he wrote that’s now in the hands of the people involved with the hit zombie TV series The Walking Dead. And he’s penning a new project, a “cyber punk/serial killer/ hooker/big oil movie” about the disappearance of aboriginal women in Canada. “I’m trying to tackle the disappearing women in Canada – the 600-plus – and kind of give them a voice next.”

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After 45 years, Fire Chief Sparks calls it a career

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Clive Sparks, Whitehorse’s longtime fire chief, is retiring after an illustrious career in the city.

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bawdy laughter echoes from a break room where firefighters – some of them half his age – relax between hen Clive Sparks joined the calls. Porter Creek fire departSparks has watched for decades ment in 1969, he was given as the department took eager young some boots, a helmet, a jacket and men and women, turned them into some gloves. professionals, and sent them delib“The only requirement was a erately into dangerous places to save proper driver’s licence. Other than lives. that, you just needed willingness and The trick, Sparks says, is to make availability,” he says. sure it’s only the environment that is “We got a little bit of training, but dangerous, not the work itself. most of it was learning as you went “We don’t send people into unsafe along. It was, ‘here’s how you plug in conditions. We send them into danger the pump hose and here’s how you safely,” he says. unroll it and here’s how you put the Even so, fire chiefs face some water on the fire.” tough decisions, especially while in Forty-five years later, Sparks is charge of a bad scene. leaving the fire service. In March, he “Often when you get to a fire, will retire from his role as Whitehorse you know fairly quickly if there’s fire chief after a long and illustrious anybody in the building or not. The career. ones where you roll up and there are “Well, a long one, anyway,” he says, people still inside and you know they laughing. don’t have a chance, those are always In the years since Sparks first hard.” started as a volunteer in Porter Creek, “When you know there are victims the firefighter training manual has in there that you can’t get to, you just quadrupled in length and detail, have to deal with it … after,” he says, spanning 1,400 pages. with a pause. Now a new recruit goes through But sometimes people can be more than 150 hours of training besaved, and in order to do it Sparks fore even setting foot on a fire scene. sometimes has to risk his own fight“The safety of the firefighters is ers’ lives. It’s a heavy burden to carry, what’s most important,” Sparks says, but when asked about it Sparks again almost automatically, as though read- seems to instinctively return to his ing from yet another training script. training. Down the hall from Sparks’ office, “If we believe that there is someNews Reporter

body in there that we can rescue, then we will work very hard to do that. There are certain risks that you have to take, but if we can effect a rescue that’s really good. “But you do have to weigh those risks. I don’t really know if I can say how it feels. You do it, and you have to do it quickly. You can’t look at textbooks when you’re out there; you just have to make decisions. That’s part of what the training is all about. It’s part of being able to look at the risks. It’s not like red-light, greenlight,” he said. Sparks and the rest of the department have a history of making the right calls. Since 1950, the furthest back that reliable records go, the department has never lost a firefighter at a scene. “There have been some where it was a very smoky fire where we got people out and they wouldn’t have made it if it weren’t for the firefighters going in to get them,” Sparks says. But that’s not to say those fighters haven’t suffered. While a burning building obviously presents some immediate dangers, a more insidious danger lurks in modern building materials that, when set alight, can release a whole host of carcinogens. Even with the best breathing apparatuses, cancer poses a serious risk to people who fight fires for their entire working lives. “Nowadays we have presump-

tive cancer legislation (an insurance policy for any firefighter who is diagnosed with cancer), and we have one person who’s coming back from that. We’ve had some injuries at fires, but they’ve been things like a broken arm or leg,” he said. When you walk into burning buildings for a living, you’re bound to rack up your share of close calls. For Sparks, it happened at a house fire years ago. “We were in a house fire, but it was a sort of a weird situation. It appeared that the fire started in the living room, but in reality it had burned down and was now in the basement. Every time we thought we’d put the fire out it would flare up again because it was down in the basement.” Sparks and his partner decided to leave and fight the fire from outside. As the two headed for the door, a heavy fan above them came free of the ceiling and crashed down between them, barely missing both men. “It’s not the sort of thing you want to have hit you,” Sparks said, chuckling. Sitting in his office as he talks, Sparks is surrounded by photos of old fires and paintings of vintage warplanes. His father built Avro Lancaster bombers in the Second World War. Next to a portrait of the massive, insect-like behemoth is a photo of the Yukon airport hangar fire of 1999. Across the room, the SS Caska and

the SS Whitehorse roil with flames behind a glass frame. Sparks was at both those fires. He remembers the paddlewheeler blaze clearly. “That was a hot day,” he says. He’s talking about the weather that morning, but he could just as easily be talking about the fire itself. “We knew right from the start, within 20 minutes of my getting there, you know just looking at it that you’re not going to save them. But it was late evening before the last of the embers were put out,” he says. His voice is twinged with nostalgia. Sparks obviously cares deeply for his department, its firefighters and their past battles. It will be hard for him to leave it behind. “I’m mostly feeling good, because I’ve been looking forward to it for quite a while. Obviously it’s a huge change, so in some ways it’s sad and a little scary,” he says. “At least I can walk away from here and feel good that the department is going to keep moving forward very well. It’s not going to fall apart. “But it’s going to be a transition, for sure. Every time you hear the trucks go out, you’re going to want to know what’s going on, but that won’t be my job anymore.” Contact Jesse Winter at jessew@yukon-news.com

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Bieber’s troubles strike chord with parents of troubled teens Michelle McQuigge

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been open. The antics of youthful celebrities such as Bieber or Britney Spears, he said, have gone a long way towards skewing perceptions of what’s acceptable behaviour. Rampant coverage of youth outbursts, depression and intoxication, he said, has led to a growing sense that such behaviours are part and parcel of any teenage experience. Substance abuse and self-harm in particular, he said, have increased markedly since the school’s inception. Fully half of all applicants report cutting themselves now compared to just one or two applicants a year when The Canadian Press the program launched, he said. “Those types of behaviours Pop star Justin Bieber’s mug shots from the Miami Dade are almost moving towards being County Jail. acceptable,” he said. “It seems like and challenged authority until she all walks of life. the message often is that some of wound up threatening her teachers A healthy skepticism towards rules those behaviours are being classiwith a weapon. and authority, he said, helps teens es- fied as normal. Just because they Watching young celebrities spiral tablish their own identity and ought are on the increase, for example out of control, Pollard said, always to be nurtured within reason. suicidal thoughts, self-harm . . . does reminds her of that terrifying phase “That’s the job of teenagers to not negate the seriousness of that with her own child. question adults, question authorbehaviour.” “I feel for them and I feel for their ity, ask ‘why are we doing things The flip side, experts said, is that parents,” Pollard said in a telephone that way,”’ Korenblum said. “That’s celebrity scandals can help open the interview from Toronto. “We recoghealthy, that’s necessary for society doors of communication between nize the challenges for that person, to evolve. Otherwise the status quo troubled teens and the parents trying and we recognize that the likelihood would be preserved forever.” to guide them. of getting help is pretty slim unless When things cross a line, KorePollard said such opportunities somebody steps in.” nblum said, is when a teen’s behavto break ground are crucial, adding For many troubled teens, the only iour becomes dangerous to either regular discussion was key to her ones on hand to offer the necessary themselves or the people around daughter’s eventual recovery. support are the parents themselves, them. Unfortunately for some care Pollard sat down with her child Pollard said. providers, that trend appears increas- each day to tackle day-to-day issues Youth-oriented facilities to treat ingly common. and set short-term goals, which were mental illness or addiction are scarce, Korenblum said the teenage sometimes as modest as having a she said, adding her daughter had to brain is almost pre-programmed shower. spend months at home waiting for This strategy kept her daughter for reckless behaviour, since centres a spot to open up in one of the few controlling emotions and impulsivity grounded as she waited for anger centres that do exist. management treatment and moved develop significantly more quickly That wait, she said, can be chalthan the frontal lobe regulating judg- the healing process along when help lenging for parents struggling to finally came. ment and restraint. determine what’s normal teenage Today, she still seizes every oppor“The analogy has been made tunity to reinforce acceptable boundbehaviour, both in general in their that the teenage brain is like a car in child’s specific case. which the gas pedal has been pushed aries, and discussing the struggles of fellow teens can sometimes be Making that call isn’t easy for the to the floor and the brakes have not instructive. professionals either. yet been fully developed,” he said. “These things are scary to watch, Dr. Marshall Korenblum, Chief Gordon Hay, executive director but as a parent, when these kinds of Psychiatrist at Toronto’s Hencksof teen treatment facility Venture Dellcrest Centre for Children and Academy, said he’s seen a rise in such things do happen, they’re conversaFamilies, said rebellion is a normal dangerous behaviour in the 13 years tion openers with your own kids,” she said. part of growing up for teenagers of since the residential program has

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Shaggy Venezuelan sheepdog keeps alive patriotic legacy of late leader Chavez Joshua Goodman And Ricardo Nunes

after brain surgery doting on a fluffy, white puppy given to her by Chavez’s Associated Press brother. Overnight the dog Simon, named MUCUCHIES, Venezuela after Bolivar, became a social media he Soviets made space dog Laika sensation. This month, Chavez’s a national hero and Americans successor, Nicolas Maduro, named have fallen for presidential pets from a government campaign to rescue Checkers to Bo. In Venezuela, a rare street dogs in honour of the The breed of shaggy sheepdog has come Liberator’s best friend. to symbolize the patriotic legacy of Thanks to Chavez’s efforts, the late Hugo Chavez. there are now almost 200 purebred Venezuela’s former president mucuchies, and the dog is on its way rescued the mucuchies, named for to joining the group of 343 breeds this Andean town where the breed officially recognized by the World originated 400 years ago, from Canine Organization. near-extinction in 2008 by providing The largest contingent, includfunding to breed the remaining 23 ing the parents of Argentina’s new purebreds, and he used to delight in “first dog,” live in the high-altitude recalling how one early tail-wagger moorlands known as paramos, at the called Nevado fought at the side of extreme northern edge of the Andes his idol, 19th century independence in Venezuela. hero Simon Bolivar. It was here in the village of “Every time Chavez hosted a Mucuchies, 3,000 metres (9,843 foreign leader the president’s office feet) above sea level, that the greatest would call me up and make sure canine encounter in Venezuela’s hisI brought the dogs,” said Walter tory took place. Legend has it that in Demendoza, president of the Nevado 1813 Bolivar’s army was approaching Foundation, which works to rescue a farm when the independence fightthe breed. “He wanted the dog to be ers were stopped in their tracks by a known around the world as a symbol giant, barking guard dog. Weapons of our country.” drawn, the rebels were about to kill Chavez died from cancer last the dog when Bolivar, marveling at March, but interest in the dog in its beauty and bravery, ordered them Latin America surged after ally Arto back down. gentine President Cristina Fernandez “They were going to slaughter reappeared in public in November it like a beast but Bolivar stopped

distinctive breeds, everything from Mexico’s Chihuahua to the preIncan Peruvian hairless dog, none can compete with the mucuchies for historical significance, says Rafael Malo Alcrudo, a dog-show judge and prize-winning breeder in Spain of the heavier-set Pyrenean mastiff. “It’s an extremely noble breed,” said Malo Alcrudo, who in 2012 visited the Nevado Foundation’s kennels. For Chavez, who was obsessed with all things Bolivarian and constantly invoked his idol’s political thinking in speeches, there couldn’t have been a more potent symbol of the nation’s identity. Some say he Miraflores Press Office/AP Photo even privately harboured the desire to honour Nevado in the National Venezuela’s late president, Hugo Chavez, holds a mucuchies Pantheon in Caracas where Venezupup during his radio and television show Hello President in ela’s founding fathers are buried. Mucuchies, near Merida, Venezuela. Back in Mucuchies, far away from them,” said Edgar Albarran, a breeder 1821. Although honoured by a statue politics, stud dog Orinoco seems in the central plaza of Mucuchies, the blissfully oblivious to its patriin Mucuchies who greets tourists dog had largely faded from memory. otic mission to procreate. Standing dressed in a traditional red wool Venezuelan tourists to the town were alongside Albarran, the breeder, he ruana and straw hat. playfully stretches out his giant paw unaware of the dog’s storied history The pup was named Nevado, or or even the breed’s existence, confus- to children and anyone else willing to Snowy, for its white coat resembling regale it with attention. ing it with a St. Bernard. the Andes peaks, and was given to “How’s your girlfriend?” teases AlIn fact, the mucuchies is more Bolivar by the farm’s owner. The two barran, turning away from Orinoco’s closely related to another mountain became inseparable, except when dog, the Pyrenean mastiff, which was panting, outstretched tongue as the Nevado was briefly nabbed by the dog stands on its legs and reaches brought to the New World by the loyalist Spanish army in a bid to Spanish conquistadores and used to over its owner’s neck. “He smells entrap South America’s Liberator. herd sheep. The dog died in the final battle one of his girlfriends, that’s why While Latin America is full of of Venezuela’s independence war in he’s so excited.”

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National Women’s Issues Symposium The Women’s Issues Symposium of the Canadian Teachers’ Federation is an annual event. This year it is hosted by Yukon Teachers’ Association with support from Yukon Education and Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario.

2014

Violence AgAinSt Women

It’s not just a women’s issue, it’s a men’s issue.

what do we need to know? the symposium will focus on engaging men and Boys from being bystanders or perpetrators to allies in violence prevention against women and girls.

FEB 19 & 20

Friday, January 31, 2014

Jackson Katz, Ph.D., is an educator, author and acclaimed lecturer who is a pioneer in the fields of gender violence prevention education and critical media literacy. He is cofounder of Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP), one of the original “bystander” programs; Katz is one of the architects of this popular approach to prevention/ social norms change. It is also the most widely utilized sexual and domestic violence prevention initiative in college and professional athletics in North America. Katz is the creator of the awardwinning documentaries Tough Guise and Tough Guise 2 (just released) and author of The Macho Paradox and Leading Men: Presidential Campaigns and the Politics of Manhood.

ParticiPants will examine: the suBtleties of language; • how to talk to young children k-4; • how to talk about “consent” and what does mean it; • engaging men and boys as allies in violence prevention; • how to work discussions into curriculum; • strategies, resources and tools that nurture a culture of peace, respect and empathy which can help to break the cycle of violence. Diane Redsky

Panelists • • • •

Brenda Barnes: Women’s Directorate Bev Park: Newfoundland and Labrador Teachers’ Association scott carlson: White Ribbon Campaign Bhreagh daBBs: Victoria Faulkner Women’s Shelter … and more!

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RegiSTeR oNLiNe: www.ctf-fce.ca or by calling 668-6777 ext. 1 YTA members can apply under “Local PD” Book signing and wine & cheese with Jackson Katz, 7pm Feb 19.

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is a nationally renowned visionary thinker and community leader who has long worked to address the myriad of issues facing Winnipeg’s Aboriginal community in all areas of health, justice, education and social services. Since 1993, she has served in both a professional and volunteer capacity working within the social services sector and has become a strong advocate for aboriginal, children’s and women’s issues. She has helped to create numerous innovative programs that have helped build healthy communities. She believes in a shared value and culturally appropriate approach and possesses clear vision to detail.

Sarah Bingham is a dedicated women’s rights advocate and public educator specializing in family violence and abuse within the women’s shelter movement. She has worked as a Crisis Counsellor in an emergency shelter for abused women, Youth Violence Prevention and Healthy Relationships Coordinator, Group Facilitator for Sexual Assault Support Groups and has piloted successful Survivor Engagement projects for abused women. She currently works at the Calgary Women’s Emergency Shelter as the Family Violence Community Action Coordinator.

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Friday, January 31, 2014

Italian animal rights activists call for stop to peace dove tradition after seagull attack Frances D’Emilio

the pope’s attention. An umbrella group of animal rights advocates, the ROME Italian Federation of Animal nimal rights groups on and Environment Rights AsMonday appealed to Pope sociations, carried a text of the Francis to end the practice letter on its website. of releasing doves from a The two doves tossed into Vatican window overlooking the air by two children flankSt. Peter’s Square, a day after ing the pope at an open wina pair of the peace symbols dow of the Apostolic Palace were attacked by a seagull and Sunday didn’t go far, landing crow while a crowd including at first on ledges of the buildthousands of children watched ing. In separate dives, first a below. seagull and then a large black The National Animal Procrow swept down and grabbed tection Agency published an a dove by the tail. Feathers open letter Monday remindfluttered over the square but ing Francis that domesticated the doves shook off their atdoves are easy prey for preda- tackers. It wasn’t clear what tors like gulls. then happened to the birds. Gulls nest atop the colonThe Vatican earlier Monday nade of St. Peter’s Square, near didn’t reply to an AP query the Tiber River, and scavenge about whether it might abanfor garbage in Rome. The ani- don the practice. mal protection agency, known Pope John Paul II began as ENPA, said freeing doves the dove releases as a symbol in Rome is like “condemning of peace. Since then, chilthem to certain death.” dren from an Italian Catholic “Animals born in captivity, group have been invited to not being wild animals, aren’t join popes at the window able to recognize predators as overlooking the square for the such and are thus incapable of dove release, which takes place fleeing from possible dangerthe last Sunday in January. ous situations,” ENPA said, Sunday wasn’t the first time a adding it was launching a dove was attacked by a seagull signature petition to garner after a release. Associated Press

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A dove freed by children with Pope Francis is attacked by a black crow in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican on Sunday.

Pro-animal advocate and ex-tourism minister Michela Brambilla told The AP she was confident that Francis, with his “extraordinary love” for all creatures, would reconsider. At his election last year, Francis became the first pontiff to choose the name of St. Francis of Assisi, famed for his love for birds and other creatures of the wild. “It is clear that traditions of many years reach a moment where they have to be reconsidered,” Brambilla said in a telephone interview. In May, Francis was given a bird cage with two doves inside as he rode through the square in his open-topped

popemobile during a public audience. Without hesitation, Francis opened the cage door, thrust a hand inside and extracted the doves. One sat for a while on his hand before it flew off, joining its cage mate. ENPA’s open letter to Francis noted that the pontiff is writing an encyclical, a formal church document, on

ecology. “We know that the pontiff said he was sensitive to protecting the environment and the creatures that share it with us,” the animal protection organization said. The last time John Paul II tried to release a dove, on a chilly Jan. 30, 2005, he had to linger at the open window as the bird flew back inside.

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Yukon Bible Fellowship

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160 hillcrest Drive 668-5689 Sunday Service 10:00 a.m. Pre-Service Prayer 9:00 a.m. Family Worship & K.I.D.S. Church

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Church Of The Nazarene

601 Main Street 667-2989

8th & Wheeler Street

Pastor Paul & Moreen Sharp 667-2134 10:30 aM FaMILY WoRShIP WeeKLY CaRe GRoUP STUDIeS Because He Cares, We Care.

The Salvation Army

311-B Black Street • 668-2327

Sunday Church Services: 11 am & 7 pm eveRYoNe WeLCoMe

Our Lady of Victory (Roman Catholic)

1607 Birch St. 633-2647

Saturday evening Mass: 7:30 p.m.

Confessions before Mass & by appointment. Monday 7:00 PM Novena Prayers & adoration Tuesday through Friday: Mass 11:30 a.m.

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2111 Centennial St. (Porter Creek) Sunday School & Morning Worship - 10:45 am

Call for Bible Study & Youth Group details

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First Pentecostal Church 149 Wilson Drive 668-5727

Sunday 10:00am Prayer / Sunday School 11:00 am Worship Wednesday Praise & Celebration 7:30 pm Pastor Roger Yadon

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Baptist Church

668-4079 tlc@northwestel.net Sunday Worship at 10:00 aM Sunday School at 10:00 aM

Family Worship & Sunday School

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Riverdale Baptist Church

15 Duke Road, Whse 667-6620 Sunday worship Service: 10:30am Rev. GReG aNDeRSoN

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Quaker Worship Group ReLIGIoUS SoCIeTY oF FRIeNDS Meets regularly for Silent Worship. For information, call 667-4615 email: whitehorse-contact@quaker.ca

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Seventh Day Adventist Church

Reader Service Sundays 10:30 am 332-4171 for information

www.orthodoxwhitehorse.org

www.vajranorth.org • 667-6951

Christ Church Cathedral Anglican

Church of the Northern Apostles

An Anglican/episcopal Church Sunday Worship 10:00 aM

Sacred Heart Cathedral

TAGISH Community Church

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The Church of Jesus Christ of

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4th Avenue & Steele Street • 667-2437 Masses: Weekdays: 12:10 pm. Saturday 5 pm Sunday: 9 am - english; 10:10 am - French; 11:30 am english

Bethany Church

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Christian Mission

403 Lowe Street

Mondays 5:15 to 6:15 PM

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Religion of the Light and Sound of God

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St. Nikolai

Vajra North Buddhist Meditation Society

1609 Birch St. (Porter Creek) 633-5385 “We’re open Saturdays!” Worship Service 11:00 am Wednesday 7:00 pm - Prayer Meeting All are welcome.

Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada early Service 9:00 - 10:00 am Family Service 10:30 am - Noon Filipino Service 4:00 - 5:00 pm Sunday School ages 0-12

2060 2nd AvEnuE • 667-4889

Rigdrol Dechen Ling,

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The Temple of Set

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4Th aveNUe & eLLIoTT STReeT Services Sunday 8:30 aM & 10:00 aM Thursday Service 12:10 PM (with lunch)

668-5530

Meeting First Sunday each Month Details, map and information at:

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Calvary Baptist

1301 FIR STReeT 633-2886

Sunday School during Service, Sept to May

THe ReV. ROB LANGMAID

45 Boxwood Crescent • Porter Creek 633-4032 • All Are Welcome

Bahá’í Faith

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Latter Day Saints

108 WICKSTROM ROAD, WHITeHORSe

1-867-667-2353

Sunday Sacrament Service starts at 10:00 AM Sunday School at 11:00 AM and Priesthood hour will be from 12:00 to 1:00 PM

Northern Light Ministries Dale & Rena Mae McDonald Word of Faith Ministers & Teachers. check out our website!

Sunday Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Sunday evening Worship 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Bible Study 7:30 p.m. Pastor L.e. harrison 633-4089

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St. Saviour’s

1154c 1st Ave • Entrance from Strickland

Regular Monthly Service: 1st and 3rd Sundays of the Month 11:00 AM • All are welcome. Rev. David Pritchard 668-5530

For further information about, and to discover Islam, please contact: Javed Muhammad (867) 332-8116 or Adil Khalik (867) 633-4078 or send an e-mail to info@yukonmuslims.ca

Anglican Church in Carcross

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Yukon Muslim Association www.yukonmuslims.ca

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Friday, January 31, 2014

Citizen scientists can fill info gaps about Fukushima effects by DAVID SUZUKI

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n Internet search turns up an astounding number of pages about radiation from Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi

nuclear power plant meltdown that followed an earthquake and tsunami in March 2011. But it’s difficult to find credible information. One reason is that government monitoring of radiation and its effects on fish stocks appears to be limited. According to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, “No U.S. government or international agency is monitoring the spread of low levels of radiation from Fukushima along the West Coast of North America and around the Hawaiian Islands.”

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s most recent food testing, which includes seafood, appears to be from June 2012. Its website states, “FDA has no evidence that radionuclides from the Fukushima incident are present in the U.S. food supply at levels that would pose a public health concern. This is true for both FDA-regulated food products imported from Japan and U.S. domestic food products, including seafood caught off the coast of the United States.” The non-profit Canadian Highly Migratory Species Foundation has been monitoring Pacific troll-caught albacore tuna off the B.C. coast. Its 2013 sampling found “no residues detected at the lowest detection limits achievable.” The B.C. Centre for Disease Control website assures us we have little cause for concern about radiation from Japan in our food and environment. Websites for Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency yield scant information. But the disaster isn’t over. Despite the Japanese government’s claim that everything is under control, concerns have been raised about the delicate process of removing more than 1,500 nuclear fuel rod sets, each containing 60 to 80 fuel rods with a total of about 400 tonnes of uranium, from Reactor 4 to a safer location, which is expected to take a year. Some, including me, have

speculated another major earthquake could spark a new disaster. And Reactors 1, 2 and 3 still have tonnes of molten radioactive fuel that must be cooled with a constant flow of water. A radioactive plume is expected to reach the West Coast sometime this year, but experts say it will be diluted by currents off Japan’s east coast and, according to the Live Science website, “the majority of the cesium-137 will remain in the North Pacific gyre – a region of ocean that circulates slowly clockwise and has trapped debris in its centre to form the ‘Great Pacific Garbage Patch’ – and continue to be diluted for approximately a decade following the initial Fukushima release in 2011.” With the lack of data from government, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is asking the public for help. In January, Ken Buesseler, senior scientist and director of the Center for Marine and Environmental Radioactivity at the U.S.-based non-profit, launched a fundraising campaign and citizen science website to collect and analyze seawater along North America’s West Coast. “Whether you agree with predictions that levels of radiation along the Pacific Coast of North America will be too low to be of human health concern or to impact fisheries and marine life, we can all agree that radiation should be monitored, and we are

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asking for your help to make that happen,” Buesseler said in a news release. Participants can help fund and propose new sites for seawater sampling, and collect seawater to ship to the lab for analysis. The David Suzuki Foundation is the point group for two sampling sites, on Haida Gwaii and at Bamfield on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Data will be published at How Radioactive Is Our Ocean? (ourradioactiveocean. org), and will include an evolving map showing cesium concentrations with links to information about radioactivity in the ocean and what the levels mean. The oceans contain naturally occurring radioactive isotopes and radiation from 1960s nuclear testing. Buesseler doesn’t think levels in the ocean or seafood will become dangerously high because of the Fukushima disaster, but he stresses the importance of monitoring. The Fukushima disaster was a wake-up call for the potential dangers of nuclear power plants, especially in unstable areas. North Americans may have little cause for concern for now, but without good scientific information to determine whether or not it is affecting our food and environment we can’t know for sure. The Woods Hole initiative is a good start. With contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Senior Editor Ian Hanington.

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Northern news from a big conference many ways,” he said. Kasatochi, the small island in the mid-Aleutians that blew up in 2008, went from the lush green home of seabirds to a steaming pile of ash in a few days. Following the eruption, scientists wondered if the island had sterilized itself of all life. Visits to the island in years following proved otherwise, as scientists found pockets of vegetation and a few insects that survived the eruption deep in rocky bunkers. In August 2013, microbial ecologist Lydia Zeglin found lots of toosmall-to-be-seen life forms on the island, many in “legacy soils” that survived the heat of the eruption by being buried by ash. “It didn’t seem to wipe out

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Biologist Jeff Williams walks Kasatochi Island one year after its 2008 eruption.

Science Center in Anchorage. Durner and his collaborators looked at data from the satellite by Ned collars of hundreds of polar bears Rozell and what it told him about the bears’ favored habitat. He plugged that information into 10 climate models. The models predicted most polar bear habitat would be lost by mid-century, except Canada’s high arctic and the top of Greenland. ow big is the American With less sea ice in summer, Geophysical Union Fall Meet- female polar bears are digging their ing held in San Francisco every dens on land more often. Bears December? So big it’s like everyone dig into snowdrifts to make their from Barrow attending on Monbirthing dens, often on the lee side day. The residents of Soldotna get of slopes with a 30-degree pitch, Tuesday, Valdez Wednesday, Nome said Ben Jones, also of the USGS Thursday and Kotzebue Friday. Alaska Science Center. More than 21,000 scientists Jones, who studied polar bear walk through the Moscone Center denning sites in northern Alaska during the week, along with others, using an airborne lidar system, like me, who are curious about found it interesting that the bears, what they are presenting. themselves threatened by warming, Thanks again to the Geophysic- often dig their dens near landal Institute of the University of scape features that are the result of Alaska Fairbanks, I filled a notethawed permafrost, among them book with scribbles regarding the thermokarst lakes, beaded stream far north in December 2013. Here courses and pingos. are a few: The 1946 April Fool’s Day By 2050, polar bears may have Alaska earthquake caused a their summertime sea-ice habitat tsunami that killed 159 people in reduced to the northern CanHawaii and destroyed the town of adian Archipelago and northern Hilo. That wave continued on to Greenland, according to a study by Antarctica, where it still had the George Durner of the USGS Alaska punch to wreck a building near

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the shoreline. The earthquake also generated a 130-foot local wave that killed five men and destroyed a lighthouse at Scotch Cap, on Unimak Island. Scientists have debated the source of the wave, some thinking it was the same plate motion of the earthquake that generated the trans-Pacific tsunami. Others argued it was an underwater landslide caused by the earthquake shaking. In trying to determine which sections of the Pacific plate off the Aleutians are still locked, USGS geophysicists John Miller of Denver and Roland von Huene of Diamond Springs, Calif. saw and identified an undersea mountain of debris that could have caused the Scotch Cap “near-field” tsunami as the pile slid during the earthquake. Miller also said the 1946 Alaska earthquake, now classified as a magnitude 8.6, might have been larger. “The comparison with Tohuku (the 9.2 earthquake off the coast of Japan in 2011) is apt in

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everything,” Zeglin, who works at the USGS Alaska Science Center, said while describing her poster in San Francisco’s Moscone Center. “If there’s any little bit of organic matter, especially plant life, microbes ramp up from there. We see these little hotspots of things coming back.” The island wasn’t sterilized, “but was as sterile as we’re going to get,” she said. “You’re really starting from nothing. Kasatochi is representative of succession that happened at all those islands.” Since the late 1970s, the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Geophysical Institute has provided this column free in cooperation with the UAF research community. Ned Rozell is a science writer for the Geophysical Institute.

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Friday, January 31, 2014

International manhunt leads to the Klondike HISTORY

HUNTER by Michael Gates

n 1897, two men came to the Klondike not for gold or adventure, but to hunt down a killer. This is the story of Skull in the Ashes, a new book by author/historian Peter Kaufman. On February 3, 1897, at 1:30 a.m., a store in the tiny village of Walford, Iowa, burned to the ground. Found in the rubble after the ashes had cooled was the body of what was thought to be Frank Novak, a part owner of the store. Further investigation revealed that the remains were not those of Novak, but of Edward Murray, a local farmer. While his family attempted to collect on the insurance policies on Novak’s life, local officials and some insurance companies became convinced that Novak was still alive, and they pooled their resources to track him down. The Travelers Insurance Company hired the Thiel Detective Agency’s office in New York. The Thiel Agency then dispatched a number of investigators to gather information on the whereabouts of the missing Novak. The trail eventually led thousands of miles to Juneau, Alaska, to where detective Cassius Claud “Red” Perrin was sent to locate the fugitive. Considering the likelihood that Novak had slipped into Canadian territory, Perrin made an 11,000 kilometre side-trip by boat and train, to Ottawa, where he obtained the necessary extradition papers. Upon his return to Juneau, he purchased an outfit, hired an assistant, and headed for the Klondike. Word hadn’t yet spread to the world of the great strike, but hundreds of stampeders were already making their way to the new gold-

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The Dawson in which Red Perrin hunted down Frank Novak in the summer of 1897 was a small town of 1,800 that consisted of tents and crude shacks stretched along the Yukon River for four kilometres and up the Klondike.

fields. Both Novak and Perrin were among them. Novak had a lead of several weeks, but Perrin hoped to catch up to him. The determined detective and his assistant made their way over the Chilkoot to Lindeman Lake, where they joined the 150 others camped there, in the task of building their own boat to take them down the Yukon. All the while, Perrin was asking questions and searching the faces in the crowd of stampeders, in hope of locating his man. Eventually, they set sail, braving the hazards of the southern lakes, followed by the dangers of Miles Canyon, Whitehorse, Five Finger and Rink Rapids, while enduring voracious hordes of mosquitoes and lack of

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sleep. They stopped at Fort Selkirk long enough to scan the 1,200 names that had been entered in the guest book there, before continuing to Dawson City. The Dawson he encountered numbered 1,800 souls, and was rapidly growing. Tents and crude shacks stretched along the Yukon River for four kilometres, and up the Klondike. The gold rush centre consisted of saloons “running by the score, and dance halls and gambling hells running around the clock.” For days, Perrin scanned the faces in the growing throng on the banks of the Yukon, and spent two days doing the same on Bonanza and Eldorado Creeks. After 12 days of searching, he found his man, and with the assistance of the North West Mounted Police, he was able to apprehend Novak without incident, and then transport him back to Iowa, where he was put on trial for the murder of Edwards. The highly publicized and controversial trial of Novak was one of the first that relied so heavily upon circumstantial evidence. Novak was eventually convicted

of the murder of Edwards and spent 13 years in prison for the crime. All of this is detailed in Kaufman’s book, published by the University of Iowa Press last year. The well-researched 284-page book includes 30 pages of end notes, a bibliography, and index, 15 illustrations and a map of the Yukon. This is an intriguing and fascinating narrative that weaves the account of the original crime into the story of the pursuit, apprehension and prosecution of Novak. Included are the details of his trial, which became a much publicized battle between prosecuting attorney M.J. Tobin, and outspoken defense lawyer, T. H. Milner. Tobin was a brilliant and tenacious attack dog for justice. Using the newly emerging field of forensic science, he gathered evidence including dental records, handwriting analysis and photography to support his murder charge against Novak. Milner was an able and equally tenacious adversary in the courtroom, and, after Novak was eventually convicted of second-degree murder, he continued to pursue Novak’s

release over the next 13 years. Kaufman, who first became aware of this case more than 40 years ago while working in Alaska, spent six years gathering the information for this fascinating tale of crime, pursuit and punishment. Seeking out records held in institutions in the United States and Canada, and with the assistance of many individuals, some related to the original characters in this story, he has compiled a detailed account of the events pertinent to the case. An especially pleasing addition to the narrative is the well-balanced use of background research. Kaufman provides details of the main characters before, during and after this case occurred. When he introduces new elements to the story, he provides the reader with the context to make it interesting without distracting from the main storyline. His handling of the Yukon journey is more accurate a description of the country and events than is usually provided by someone not familiar with the details of gold rush history. This story provides insights into the history of detective agencies from the civil war, through an era of strike-busting. The tale of Perrin’s pursuit of Novak added some lustre to the then tarnished reputation of the private detective agencies. One of the key themes of this book rests upon the new field of forensic science, and how the developing discipline provided important facts pertinent to the case. Also of note is the fact that this is one of the first cases that relied heavily upon circumstantial evidence to gain a conviction. Kaufman’s description of prison life in the late 19th century and of prison reform added fascinating detail to the account. The photograph of the three grades of inmates, the lowest wearing stripes, the intermediate wearing blackand-white plaid, and the highest plain grey with bow tie, really provided emphasis to this account. While the Yukon component of the story represents only 40 pages in Skull in the Ashes, it is an intriguing side note to the story of the gold rush, and makes a good read. Michael Gates is a Yukon historian and sometimes adventurer based in Whitehorse. His latest book, Dalton’s Gold Rush Trail, is available in Yukon stores. You can contact him at msgates@northwestel.net

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people thought plants were fixed and there would never be new species. “Before that we grouped them by their usage, so all the berry plants went together. Or else by their form: all the trees went Erling Friis-Baastad together; all the grasses went together… Then they went to hitehorse botanist identifying by flowers, and that’s Bruce Bennett was pewhere (the 18th-century) Swedish rusing the herbarium taxonomist Carl Linnaeus came at the Department of Agriculture in.” Linnaeus is credited with crein Ottawa a few years back when ating a modern taxonomic system he made an exciting discovery. for plants, though like most other While looking through a collection of mustards from Yukon, he scientists he built his work on the noticed some were accompanied efforts of his predecessors. Identifying a new, distinct by handwritten note that read, plant species can be, but often “Draba bennettii.” isn’t, a matter of being the first Though Bennett suspected to spot it in the wild. In fact, Gerald Mulligan, then curator scientists may know of a plant and mustard specialist with the for years, but accruing evidence federal department, might be – including, these days, DNA – considering this honour for his can launch an official change of Yukon colleague, it was far from mind. A distinct plant species certain. Would the distinct spemay turn out to be only a variant cies classification hold up under of another, and its classification the intense scrutiny of a peer a synonym. When it comes to review? “I wasn’t really holding Draba, an international scientific my breath that this was going to debate has been bubbling away be published, even though I had for years. a draft about a year ago,” says “We like to put names on Bennett. The good news became official things that are specific, say something is a species, but with plants this month. New or Noteworthy it’s not always that easy,” says Species of Draba (Brassicaceae) Bennett. “And so you end up with from Canada and Alaska, by a complex, which are a group of Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz and Gerald A. Mulligan was recently released species that are closely related in Harvard Papers In Botany. And and often interbreeding with each other.” there, No. 1, in a list of new speAmong difficulties presented cies, carrying its new ‘scientific’ Latinized name, Draba bennettii. by northern plant taxonomy is the fact that variants of a species “Plants are typically not can occur at different elevations named after people anymore, in mountainous regions, such but after the place where they are found (e.g. Draba yukonensis; as Yukon, Alaska and Northern British Columbia, says Bennett. Draba kluanei) or to describe “We have what we’ve been calltheir appearance (Draba pilosa ing Draba alpina for years, he – hairy; Draba aurea – yellow; Draba nivalis – snow) so this is an says. “But the Europeans have unusual honour to have a species been saying, no, what we’ve been calling Draba alpina occurs only named after a person – particuas far west as Nunavut and it’s a larly since I am still alive,” BenEuropean thing, so what you have nett acknowledged in an email. been calling alpina is a group “I know of one fungus that was of unidentified species.” One of named after a Yukoner, but no those, it turns out, is Draba benplants or animals, to the best of my knowledge – so I am in a very nettii. Bennett is very careful not to elite club.” hog credit for the discovery. He As for the names themselves, bestows honour on Mulligan and Bennett says plants have carried other scientists who devoted so binomial tags for centuries, but much time and effort to unthey only began to be standardized in the mid 1700s. “And until locking the secrets of the alpina Darwin’s Origin of Species came complex. “It’s really more about out in the following century, their work than anything I’ve

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Yukon botanist Bruce Bennett sitting beside a yellow buckwheat.

done,” he stresses. However, he acknowledges his unique contribution to northern plant science that may well be the motivation behind the honour. “What has been happening and continues to happen is, with the lack of a university and other major academic facilities in Yukon, we don’t have an official territorial herbarium anywhere in northern Canada. “So what they’re recognizing, I believe, is not only my contribution of being a local botanist, because we do have very good local botanists, but the fact that I have maintained a herbarium in my basement.” A herbarium, he points out, is actually a collection of preserved plant parts. People sometimes confuse herbarium with terrarium, a collection of living plants. Bennett’s Whitehorse herbarium, with its images and other data, can be accessed by researchers from around the world at www. pnwherbaria.org/data/search. php. Its official acronym is BABY (Bruce A. Bennett Yukon Government). BABY shares a posting on a list, which includes University of British Columbia (UBC), MONT (Montana State University) and WTU (Washington State University), among the herbaria acronyms of many other major institutions.

Collections of physical plant parts, with which to make comparisons, are a great complement to the traditional teaching aid, the dichotomous key, says Bennett.

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With such a key, a researcher (frequently a harried student) must check off a list of characteristics. Is it a perennial? An annual? Is the flower yellow? Is it white? Problems start up right away. “Yellow flowers can dry white,” says Bennett, providing one small example of the many frustrations students face. “Keys are designed by people who don’t need them for people who don’t use them,” he adds, laughing. Bennett, as a true scientist, is also able to chuckle at the fact that the species name Draba bennettii is not necessarily a permanent honour. Consider, for instance, that “Arabis codyi is now considered a synonym of Arabis lemmonii, now called Boechera lemmonii,” he says. “If it turns out that Draba bennettii is a synonym for something else, there will never really be another Draba bennettii. You can’t name something that’s already been named.”

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Mustachioed Wolverines win gold at hockey championship Tom Patrick News Reporter

wo very tired teams played for gold on Wednesday. On one bench was a team with just a couple subs; on the other bench was a team playing its fifth consecutive game. Both were in their seventh game of the day. In the end, the Christ the King Wolverines – the team with just a couple subs – had enough left in the tank to take gold at the Whitehorse Elementary Hockey Tournament at the Canada Games Centre. Could mustaches have made the difference? “They all came together really nicely at the start of the day,” said Wolverines cocoach Jordan Stevens. “They all put on hockey-tape mustaches and called themselves the Mustachioes.” The Wolverines took gold with a 2-1, come-frombehind win over the Elijah Smith Eagles with a pair of close-rang goals in the final. It was the first time Christ the King won the championship. They went undefeated in all seven games. “They all pretty much play together in the Whitehorse Minor Hockey League, so they are all familiar with each other and they pulled together terrifically under pressure,” said Wolverines co-coach Sherri Hennings. “They know how to share out there, they were working together as a team really well.” “It’s awesome, our school has never won it before,” said Wolverines’ Brandon Petelski. “It’s great.” Down by a goal, Wolverines’ Adam Hennings knocked in a short one from the side of the net to tie the game 1-1 with just over seven minutes left. With 50 seconds left on the clock Josh Karney took a shot from the point and teammate Logan McKay whacked in the rebound from the side of the crease. The Elijah Smith Eagles took the lead 10 minutes in when Saul Gale outpaced two defenders and sniped a backhand over the glove of Wolverines goalie Quinn Howard. Howard had two shutouts on the day and never let in more than one goal in any game. He made a big kick-save

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Top, Christ the King Wolverines swarm a Golden Horn player during the semifinal of the Whitehorse Elementary Hockey Tournament at the Canada Games Centre on Wednesday. Christ the King went on to win gold for the first time. Bottom, Wolverines goalie Quinn Howard makes a blocker save during his team’s 2-1 win over Elijah Smith in the final.

with five minutes left in the final to keep the score even. “He was solid all day,” said Stevens. “He loves to play and you can tell he has lots of practice. The kids played with confidence in front of him – they knew he was going to be good back there. “He stepped up every time we needed it.” The Eagles had played five back-to-back by the end of the final. They lost their first two games and had to take the backdoor into the final. “We could see our kids getting some pretty tired legs, but they played hard,” said Eagles coach Tanya Hope. “They were Grade 7 down to 4, we had girls and boys, we had two newbies – new to skating – on the team, and we just tried to have them out, have fun. (Elijah Smith) had two teams and we tried to split them evenly and let them come out and have some fun.” The Whitehorse Elementary Wolves captured the bronze with a 4-0 win over Golden Horn Glaciers. Wolves goalie Griffin Bisson got the shutout while teammates Kyron Crosby, Maddie Nicholson, Maley McConnell and Keegan Bevilacqua each scored. Wednesday marked the first time Golden Horn had reached the medal round of the tournament. “Usually we’re eliminated by lunch time,” said Glaciers coach Robin Fairburn. “We’re a small community school, so we always field a team from Grade 4 to 7, so it’s a bigger umbrella of kids than many of the bigger schools that have older students. “Everybody was excited, no one was allowed to cry if they lost, and pizza and treats for everyone. Everyone is going home happy.” The ninth annual elementary championship saw 11 Whitehorse schools and Teslin represented on 10 teams with about 130 players competing. “We had another coach come over say we were one of the most sportsman-like teams he’s ever play,ed” added Stevens. “So that was really nice to hear about the kids. “It was all them; we really didn’t have to coach them. We just helped to get them in order and get them out there, and they knew what to do.” Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com

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Skiers off to great start at junior worlds Tom Patrick News Reporter

ust two days in and Whitehorse skiers have career-best finishes at a world championship. Dahria Beatty and Knute Johnsgaard took 20th and 21st finishes, respectively, at the FIS Nordic Junior and Under 23 World Ski Championships this week in Val di Fiemme, Italy. Beatty, who is in her final year of eligibility for the junior worlds, claimed 20th in the junior women 1.2-kilometre sprint on Wednesday. “My qualifier was pretty good but I would have liked to ski the climbs better,” said Beatty, 19, in an email to the News. “I finished fourth in my heat and was very happy with how I skied the second half of the course. I would have like to stay closer to the front for the first half but unfortunately that didn’t happen for me yesterday. It was a great experience to race the heats at this level and I managed to move up seven places from my qualifier to finish in 20th place.”

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Whitehorse’s Dahria Beatty races during Team Canada selections earlier this month in Canmore, Alta. Beatty placed 20th in the junior women’s sprint race at the FIS Nordic junior and Under 23 World Ski Championships in Val di Fiemme, Italy, on Wednesday.

Beatty’s 20th-place finish is her best finish in three junior worlds. She produced 23rd and 25th place

finishes at the 2012 junior worlds and 25th place finish at just 15 years old in 2010. Johnsgaard took 42nd

and was the second Canadian in the under-23 men’s 1.5-kilometre sprint on Wednesday. He then

improved to 21st in the 15-kilometre classic on Thursday. “I am pretty satisfied with my results so far,” said Johnsgaard in an email. “I was 42nd in the sprint, which was just OK. I had a much better race today in the 15-kilometre classic where I came 21st. “I’m looking forward to another good result in the 30-km pursuit.” Johnsgaard, 21, competed at the junior worlds two years ago in Turkey but was hampered by illness, placing 49th for his best finish. Beatty, who is a member of Canada’s junior national team, will next race in the 10-kilometre skiathlon before finishing the worlds with the five-kilometre classic on Sunday. “I am looking forward to the distance races and hoping to improve on yesterday’s performance,” said Beatty. “I am most excited about the five-kilometre classic race on Sunday and it is my favourite discipline and also I think it is my best technique.” Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com

City council proclaims Feb. 7 Emily Nishikawa day Tom Patrick News Reporter

t’s a little early, but let me be the first to wish you a happy Emily Nishikawa Day. February 7, which is the opening day of Sochi Olympic Games, will be Emily Nishikawa’s Olympic Dream Day in Whitehorse, city council announced on Monday. “We’re extremely proud of her, her brother and her

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and 30-kilometre skate and hopefully the relay as well.” Well over 100 fans of Nishikawa showed their support on Sunday at the Whitehorse Cross Country Ski Club, the birthplace of Nishikawa’s Olympic dream. Supporters flocked to write well wishes on a banner that reads “Go Emily Nish” that will travel with parents Bob Nishikawa and Joan Stanton to Sochi for the Games. The Whitehorse club plans to show Emily’s races on a big screen during the Games. Emily just finished a Team Canada training camp in Seiser Alm, Italy, and is currently in Toblach, Italy, to

race in the final World Cup event before the start of the Games. She will be the first Yukon cross-country skier to compete at the Olympics since Jane Vincent and Lucy Steele at the Albertville Games in 1992. “We sat around the council table and talked about it and thought it would be a good thing to let her know how much pride she is giving our city,” said Curtis. “She’s a hero and has already medalled, as far as we’re concerned, just becoming an Olympian.” Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com

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Alpine skiers speed onto Yukon’s Games team

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Shane Orban rounds a gate during the trials. Orban will ski in the juvenile male division at the Arctic Games in March.

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Josie Storey skis giant slalom during the Yukon alpine team trials for the Arctic Winter Games on Jan. 18. Storey is one of 11 skiers named to the team this week.

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ukon will field its largest alpine ski team in eight years at the Arctic Winter Games this

March. Eleven skiers will take to the slopes in Fairbanks, Alaska, up from eight at the 2012 Games in Whitehorse. Among those named to the

team at the start of the week are five returners from 2012. All three junior female skiers – Abby Hawes, Josie Storey and Tayler Mitchell – competed in 2012. Hawes and Storey also raced at the 2010 Games in Grande Prairie, Alberta, requiring special permission to compete while just 11 years old. Liam Diamond, Manas SarinToews and Zakary Endress will ski in junior male. Charlie Hawes, Angus Endress and Shane Orban will race in juvenile male. Katie Vowk and Samantha Richardson were selected for juvenile women following team trials at Mount Sima on Jan. 18. Charlie Hawes and Richardson are the other two returners to the team. “We have a blend of new members and returning members and the returning members are helping the new members,” said head coach Yves Titley. “Zakery Endress and Angus Endress are not part of

the (Alpine Yukon) race team, but they made the team for the Arctic Winter Games, so they will be included in our training this coming Saturday. Shane Orban and Katie Vowk have been members of the race team for a number of years. “Charlie Hawes and Shane Orban are one year under age, so they were granted permission by their parents and also Sport Yukon to compete at the Arctic Winter Games. “Manas Sarin-Toews is also born 2001, just a year shy of juvenile, but they allowed him in junior male, same thing as Liam Diamond,” added Titley. “It gives the opportunity to the younger age group to participate in the Games. It’s not like hockey – it’s not a contact sport – they are racing against a time, so it’s safe even if they are underage.” Storey was the only Yukon skier to win a medal individually at the 2012 Games, claiming silver in the dual slalom. She also posted two fourth-place finishes.

Storey’s medal was the first won by the Yukon in alpine skiing since the 2006 Games. Abby Hawes had the fastest overall combined time in the two events in the team trials with Storey a few second behind. Storey and Abby had the fastest overall times at the Yukon Cup, the territory’s alpine ski championship, last season. Abby had the fastest time of any skier in the giant slalom, while Storey had the fastest overall time in the slalom event at the Cup. Abby, Storey and Orban all produced top-10 finishes at the Teck Kootenay Zone B.C. Alpine event in Fernie, B.C. earlier this month. Despite not fielding any skiers in the junior male division at the 2012 Games, the Yukon team accumulated enough points to take bronze in the team event. It was the first time in Games history the Yukon won a team medal in alpine. Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com

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Carcross sees huge turnout at judo championship

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Emersyne Sias, top, attempts to pin Mackzenie Keefer during a fight.

Boys intermediate U10 over-45 Kg Mixed intermediate U14 over-45 Kg Tom Patrick/Yukon News

Shiroumakai judokas Jayden Iskra, left, and Wyatt Burnett compete at the Carcross Judo Championships on Saturday. A total of 74 judokas took part in the tournament.

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articipation in judo is getting bigger and bigger in the territory. Despite a bit of a drive to get there for most participants, numbers were way up at the Carcross Judo Championships hosted by the Hiroshikai Judo Club at the Ghuch Tla Community School on Saturday. A total of 74 judokas took part in the championship, up from 28 at last year’s championship, which was the first hosted by Carcross in about 15 years. Not only were there 11 more than the season opener competition at the Golden Horn Judo Club in November, there were seven more than lasts year’s Yukon Judo Championships that included 15 Alaskans. Four Yukon clubs were represented at the second championship of the season on Saturday. Whitehorse’s Shiroumakai topped the win list with 23 medals, including nine gold. Golden Horn and the hosting Hiroshikai club both had 13 and Northern Lights won seven medals – one for each participant.

Results

Silver: Luke Roberts (Golden Horn) Bronze: Kayoni Dickson (Hiroshikai) Bronze: Jaxon Champagne (Golden Horn) Boys novice U8 over-30 Kg Gold: Jazzen Patterson (Golden Horn) Silver: Benjamin Clutton (Golden Horn) Bronze: Katelynn Hyatt (Shiroumakai) Bronze: William VandenHoorn (Golden Horn) Mixed novice U10 under-29 Kg Gold: Clara-Marie Simmons (Golden Horn) Silver: Brennen Little (Golden Horn) Bronze: Nathan Mostyn (Shiroumakai) Bronze: Mitchell Rudolph (Shiroumakai) Mixed novice U10 under-32 Kg Gold: Glade Roberts (Golden Horn) Silver: Ethan Boucher (Hiroshikai) Bronze: Alejandro Joe (Hiroshikai) Bronze: Anya Bellon (Golden Horn)

Mixed novice U7 Gold: Shale Davis (Hiroshikai) Silver: Laurick Corriveau (Hiroshikai)

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Gold: Scottie James Shepherd (Hiroshikai) Silver: Kaajineek Neumann (Northern Lights) Mixed novice U12 under-39 Kg

Mixed novice U10 Gold: Rogan Parry (Northern Lights) Silver: Kaleb Parry (Northern Lights) Mixed novice U10 under-38 Kg Gold: Kurtis Hyatt (Shiroumakai) Silver: Emersyne Sias (Shiroumakai) Bronze: Mackenzie Keefer (Shiroumakai) Mixed novice U10 over-44 Kg Gold: Coin Shepherd-Bryden (Hiroshikai) Silver: Luna Velasquez (Shiroumakai) Bronze: Ronan Clutton (Golden Horn) Boys intermediate U10 under-29 Kg Gold: Jayden Iskra (Shiroumakai) Silver: Wyatt Burnett (Shiroumakai)

Gold: Rastus Maxfield (Shiroumakai) Silver: Azreal Dickson (Hiroshikai) Bronze: Zack Lennie (Hiroshikai)

Gold: Hannah King (Shiroumakai) Silver: Liam Rollins (Shiroumakai) Boys intermediate U14 over-60 Kg Gold: Darrien James-Tizya (Hiroshikai) Silver: Jason Leenders (Shiroumakai) Advanced men

Boys intermediate U12 under-39 Kg Gold: Jacob Melancon (Shiroumakai) Gold: Mattias Sembsmoen Silver: Shane Melancon (Northern Lights) (Shiroumakai) Silver: Ben Machtans Bronze: Darrien James-Tizya (Northern Lights) (Hiroshikai) Contact Tom Patrick at Mixed intermediate U12 under-36 Kg Gold: Ove Maxfield (Shiroumakai) Silver: Daniel Tonner (Northern Lights) Bronze: Kaylee Johnson (Shiroumakai) Girls intermediate U14 under-48 Kg Gold: Judith Russell (Shiroumakai) Silver: Talula Maxfield (Shiroumakai) Bronze: Samantha Steven-Bailey (Shiroumakai)

Boys intermediate U10 under-35 Kg Mixed novice U14 under-46 Kg Gold: Devon Rollins Gold: Kenny Hyatt (Shiroumakai) (Shiroumakai) Silver: Margareta Toews Silver: Jerome Hoeden (Hiroshikai) (Northern Lights)

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Tuesday, February 11, 2014

as money wasn’t a problem for three community carpet bowling teams following the sixth annual Winter Competition, hosted by the ElderActive Recreation Association at the Canada Games Centre Friday and Saturday. Carpet bowling teams from two Yukon communities swept Got any up all the prize money at the Sports event that welcomed about 65 Tips? participants. “It was pretty solid because we had good participation from the communities,” said ElderActive president Tom Parlee. The Tagish Trumpeters pocketed $400 with a firstplace finish in the carpet bowling competition that included 11email:tomp@yukon-news.com teams. Splitting the dough were Ida Calmagane, Paul Dabbs, Heather McGeachy, Renie Smith and Lois Taylor. GotAnother any One – Faro’s Roll Sports Tips? the defending champs from last year – placed second and email:tomp@yukon-news.com scooped up $200. On board were Tessie Grant, Jerry Johnson, Charlene McCool, Gerald McCool and David Rogerson. The Faro Wits, including Sally Baker, Marilyn Boyle, Doris Unruh and Michelle Vainio, took third for $100. The shuffleboard competition saw a three-way tie for first. The Golden Sliders (Dor-

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Darlene Thompson rolls a shot in carpet bowling during the sixth annual Winter Competition at the Canada Games Centre on Saturday. About 65 carpet bowlers and shuffleboard email:tomp@yukon-news.com players took part in the event hosted by the ElderActive Recreation Association.

othy Drummond and Edna Knight), Team Rosalie-Rushton (Gail Rushton and Rosalie Rogers) and Team RaymondBoyle (Eileen Boyle and June Raymond) all shared the top spot. ElderActive willGot be sending any a Yukon team to the Canada Sports Tips? 55+ Games this August in Sherwood Park, Alta. Parlee expects a team of over 125 athletes to compete at the Games in as many as 24 differemail:tomp@yukon-news.com

ent sports. Those interested in participating in the Games must submit an application form Got any to ElderActive bySports the end ofTips? February. ElderActive will also host a Yukon Games, featuring about 10 different activities, in May. More information and the application form can be found at www.yukon-seniors-andelders.org. Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com email:tomp@yukon-news.com

Premier Darrell Pasloski and the Yukon Party Got any Caucus congratulate Emily Nishikawa on Got any Sports Tips? being named to the Canadian Olympic Sports Tips? Cross-Country Ski Team. Your continued demonstration of excellence in sport makes everyone back home very proud. All of Yukon will be cheering you on. Congratulations again and best of luck in Sochi! email:tomp@yukon-news.com

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Sudoku Like puzzles? Then you’ll love sudoku. This mind-bending puzzle will have you hooked from the moment you square off, so sharpen your pencil and put your sudoku savvy to the test! Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in blod borders) contains every digit 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit www.sudoku.org.uk.

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To solve Kakuro, you must enter a number between 1 and 9 in the empty squares. The clues are the numbers in the white circles that give the sum of the solution numbers: above the line are across clues and below the line are down clues and below the line are down clues. Thus, a clue of 3 will produce a solution of 2 and 1 and a 5 will produce 4 and 1, or 2 and 3, but of course, which squares they go in will depend on the solution of a clue in the other direction. No difit can be repeated in a solution, so a 4 can only produce 1 and 3, never 2 and 2. © 2013 The Mepham Group. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency. All rights reserved.

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Puzzle B

CLUES ACROSS 1. Army legal branch 4. Dekagram 7. Underwater ship 10. 6th Jewish month 12. __ lang syne, good old days 14. European money 15. Remover of an apple’s center 17. The content of cognition 18. Bleats 19. “l836 siege” of U.S. 20. Inquiries 22. Bottled gas 23. Dutch painter Gerrit

25. An invasion or hostile attack 28. Misbeliever 31. South American Indiana 32. Bone cavities 33. Hound sounds 34. Turtle carapace 39. Wash or flow against 40. Cross a threshold 41. Pitch symbol 42. About lizards 45. Treat with contempt 48. Million barrels per day (abbr.) 49. Place to sleep

51. Harsh criticism or disapproval 54. Wipe out recorded information 56. Pesetas 58. Pitcher Hershiser 59. Pronouncements 60. Dodge truck model 61. A coniferous tree 62. Ludicrously false statment 63. Lyric poem 64. Determine the sum 65. Fixed in one’s purpose

18. B1 deficiency disease 21. Not out 24. Chancellor Von Bismarck 26. RCO group of atoms 27. Cony 29. Makes a gas less dense 30. Instances of disease 34. A story 35. Surmounted 36. Cloisonned 37. Counterfoil 38. Kept cattle together

39. Computer screen material 43. Ancient calculator 44. Cuddle 46. District nurse 47. Employee stock ownership plan 50. Distributed game cards 52. Murres genus 53. Tear apart violently 55. Umbrella support 56. Athlete who plays for pay 57. Small amount

CLUES DOWN 1. Mexican wattle & daub hut 2. __ Green: playwright 3. Building for autos 4. Rum and lime or lemon juice 5. Two spiral-horned African antelopes 6. Jubilant delight 7. Cyclic 8. Fiddler crabs 9. Vehicle carrying many passengers 11. Dream sleep 13. Afghan Persian language 16. Gnawing small mammal

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NOC: 6435 Wanted: Hotel Front Desk Clerk Full time, 40 hours per week, permanent Wage: $13.00 per hour Main Duties: Register guests, Answer Inquiries Follow Safety and Emergency Procedures Clerical duties (faxing, photocopying) Apply by email to yukon202@gmail.com Employer: Elite Hotel & Travel Ltd.

Sanchez Cantina is taking applications for a

Part-time server Part-time dishwasher/general kitchen helP Minimum two years experience Willing to work evenings and weekend . Drop off resumé to 211 Hanson street.

HOUSESITTER AVAILABLE Mature, responsible person Call Suat at 668-6871

No phone calls please.

LONG-TERM HOUSESITTER available for winter months, gd w/pets & plants. No criminal record, 30 yr. Yukon resident. 335-0009

Creative Play Daycare is seeking a full-time and part-time child care worker Wage will depend upon level of ECD education Level 1 - $16.00/hr Level 2 - $18.00/hr Level 3 - $22.00/hr Downtown location Health Benefits Off the floor planning Wonderful facility with on-site playground and indoor mini gym Drop off resume to 312 Strickland Street or Phone 667-2761

1 TO 2 acres of farm land, need level ground for building greenhouses, David, 335-3616, growninthewild@gmail.com SINGLE FATHER of 2 looking for a reasonably priced 3 bedroom in Whitehorse for long term or lease to own. Contact dalvincalby@gmail.com

Real Estate 2-STOREY 2-BDRM house, contemporary design, open concept on cul-de-sac, $275,000 as is, 10+ acres, fire-smarted around house, plenty of dry wood, 1,350 sqft, view of St. Elias Mtns, 634-2240 NEW 28ʼX34ʼ 2-storey unfinished house in Atlin, drilled well, power & septic field, on 2-acres w new 18ʼx28ʼ cabin, mobile home on concrete foundation, shop, $196,000. 250-651-7868 WATSON LAKE split level home, 2 acres, private well, 3-bdrm 2-bath, custom kitchen, heated workshop, garage and outbuildings, patio. Winter sale: $199,000 (appraised at $250,0000). Call 867-536-7757

SOLD

Tutor/Learner Coordinator Heavy Duty Equipment Mechanic/Welder Temporary Full Time until June 2014 40 hours per week – 10 hours per day; Sunday to Saturday 0700 to 0700. This is a Salary Range 12 position ($30.97 to $36.45 per hour). Apply to careers@ whitehorse.ca by 11:59pm February 5. For details, please visit our website.

www.whitehorse.ca

Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanic Key Responsibilities: This position is responsible for safely completing all fleet and commercial mechanical repairs to trucks, trailers, and other equipment. Ideally you have achieved your journeyman status of the Heavy Equipment Technician, Heavy Duty Equipment Mechanic or Truck & Transport Mechanic program and are able to diagnose and complete repairs on all aspects of heavy equipment. This position will also entail completion of work orders and offering direction and assistance to apprentice mechanics. Along with managing the Mechanics Shop you are responsible for scheduling of the fleet and commercial vehicles. Wage: Starting at $40.00/hr and up, based on experience

A Professional at Your Side 867.334.1111

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667-2514 Whitehorse, yukon

Each Office Independently Owned & Operated 309-ACRE WORKING farm, hayfields, pasture, forest, long growing season, 1.6km Skeena front, 3,000 sqft rancher, outbuildings, B&B, 10 min. to Hazelton, adj. to crown land, www.trakehnerhof.ca, $850,000, 250-842-5400 .86 ACRE lot, 9 Raven Crescent, New Constabulary, Marsh Lake, small cabin clad to weather, treed lot, power to property line, $85,000. 333-9976 for more info ATLIN 1,250 sqft' 2-br 1-bath log home, 5.57 private acres, gated driveway, 2 guest cabins, greenhouse, 1,500 sq' heated shop c/w bath/office, $985,000, information @ canadiangolmine.com 778-233 2855 45ʼ HIGHWAY trailer converted to house, bathtub, toilet, kitchen, woodstove, reinsulated, c/w motorhome converted to water tank, nicely done, moveable, wherever you want, $17,900. 333-0717 TESLIN LAKE, 4-bdrm 2 bath home with insulated shop on .18 acre with well, gorgeous views, must sell, no reasonable offer refused, $365,000. 867-633-4778

Help Wanted Gold Village Chinese Restaurant Looking for experienced full-time kitchen helper and server Apply with resume to 401 Craig Street, Dawson City, YT Y0B 1G0 867-993-2368

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Schedule: This position has a Monday thru Friday work week, with shifts from 8:00am – 5:00pm and overtime and weekends as needed. Qualifications and Skills • High School Diploma • Red-Seal Journeyman status in Heavy Equipment Technician, Heavy Duty Equipment Mechanic and/or Truck & Transport Mechanic • CVIP License is an asset, or must be willing to obtain • Previous experience with repairing on-road heavy duty equipment is an asset • Strong mechanical aptitude and demonstrate the willingness to learn • Excellent interpersonal skills with proven leadership ability • Ability to triage the work in the Mechanics shop • Knowledge of the technology side of the mechanic’s job would be a huge asset as well. This is a tremendous opportunity for a dynamic, ambitious and enthusiastic individual looking for a career with a vibrant and growth oriented company. If this sounds like something that would interest you, we want to hear from you. Our preferred method of application is to email resumes to sheldon@pnwgroup.ca We would like to thank all candidates in advance for their interest in this position, however only those being considered will be contacted. Applications are being accepted until February 3rd 2014.

Send your classified ad through our website www.yukon-news.com

The Yukon Learn Society is currently accepting resumes for our Tutor/Learner Coordinator position. This is a permanent part-time position (3 days weekly, totaling 20 hours). The Tutor/Learner Coordinator is primarily responsible for the efficient and effective management of all aspects of a multi-component program that supports volunteer tutors in their work with adult learners. For more information and a full position description, please email: admin@yukonlearn.com

To apply, please forward covering letter and resume to: admin@yukonlearn.com or drop off at 2158 2nd Avenue, Suite B, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 5N9.

Closing Date: FebRUaRY 20, 2014.

Please note that only successful applicants will be contacted for interviews.

Teslin Tlingit Council invites applications on behalf of the teslin tlinGit JUstice coUncil for the position of

Chief Peacemaker

This position is appointed by the Teslin Tlingit Justice Council (s. 8 of the Teslin Tlingit Council Peacemaker Court& Justice Act) Teslin Tlingit Peacemakers will provide an invaluable service to the community and represent an important element to public confidence in the administration of justice as represented within and provided by the Peacemaker Court. Teslin Tlingit Peacemakers will handle both Stage I: Years 1-4 court matters (conflict resolution and mediation) and Stage II: Years 5+ matters (adjudication of Teslin Tlingit Laws and other federal and/or territorial laws based upon agreement with Teslin Tlingit Council). The Peacemakers may have senior administrative duties in relation to the operation of Peacemaker Court. a peacemaker mUst have: • Knowledge and understanding of Ha Kus Teyea (Tlingit Way), Teslin Tlingit Council structure and operations including: • Teslin Tlingit Final Agreement and Implementation Plan; • Self-Government Agreement and Implementation Plan; • Teslin Tlingit Constitution; • Administration of Justice Agreement and Implementation Plan; • Teslin Tlingit Council Peacemaker Court and Justice Council Act; • Teslin Tlingit Council Laws, Regulations and Policies; • Teslin Tlingit Council Strategic Framework; • Knowledge and understanding of the principles of judicial independence, impartiality and fairness within the Peacemaker Court operations, principles of natural justice and rules of evidence; • Knowledge and understanding of Yukon Court processes and Court Registry Services; • Capacity to exercise sound judgment, based upon common sense and Ha Kus Teyea; • Ability to communicate effectively, clearly and concisely orally and in writing; and • Excellent analytical skills. edUcation & experience: • Successful completion of B.C. Justice Institute Professional Certification, which includes but is not exclusive to: Conflict resolution, mediation, how to conduct a fair and impartial hearing, conflict-of-interest rules, dealing with victim/offender dynamics, victim psychology; • Experience in the administration of justice and/or restorative justice services; • Demonstrated experience as a team leader and/or managerial experience; • Experience in a legal and/or court proceedings; and • Experience in dealing with a wide variety of professionals, and officials from other levels of governments, Territorial Courts, Clan Leaders, Elders and TTC Citizens.

FoR moRE InFoRmATIon, PLEASE CALL Georgina sydney, Justice implementation coordinator at 867.390.2532 ext 400 to apply, please submit a cover letter and resume to teslin tlingit Justice council c/o: Justice implementation coordinator teslin tlinGit coUncil box 133, teslin, Yukon Y0a 1b0 email: georgina.sydney@ttc-teslin.com closing date: Wednesday, february 12th, 2014, no later than 4:00 pm. TTC HIRInG PoLICY WILL BE In EFFECT.

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CONTRACT POSITION Kwanlin Dün First Nation Judicial Council is seeking a

Judicial Council Administrator The Judicial Council Administrator provides administrative support to the Chair of the Council, receives and records all correspondence, and organizes Judicial Council business. Candidates require a sound knowledge of administrative and legal procedures. Knowledge of Kwanlin Dün First Nation law is an asset. This is a part-time contract position. Submit confidential expressions of interest stating your hourly rate and qualifications by Monday, February 10, 2014. Kwanlin Dun First Nation Judicial Council 27 McIntyre Drive Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5A5

For more information, please contact: KDFN JuDicial couNcil E-mail: kdfnjudicialcouncil@gmail.com Phone: 867-335-6726

www.kwanlindun.com/judicial_council

www.yukoncollege.yk.ca

Dèslin Development Corporation (DDC) Board of Directors

General Manager Start Date: April 1st, 2014 Salary: $85,000 - $95,000 Type: Full-Time Closing Date: February 21st, 2014 The General Manager, reporting to the Board of Directors of the Dèslin Development Corporation (DDC), will lead the agency to ensure it fulfills its mandate to i) explore, identify, and capitalize on local economic development opportunities, ii) impact positively and measurably on local business development, iii) identify and implement training and professional development programs for local individuals, iv) create long-term employment opportunities for persons living in the area, v) assist in long-term community economic development planning and project implementation, and vi) assist in diversifying the local economy. To apply with résumé and cover letter and/or to request a full job description outlining the General Manager position’s roles, responsibilities, and qualification requirements, please contact: Brad Stoneman at: Box 190, Teslin, Yukon, Y0A 1B0 Email: stoneman@northwestel.net Phone: 867 390 2180 or 867 335 1723

Employment Opportunity

Providing leadership through our strengths in programming, services and research, Yukon College’s main campus in Whitehorse and 12 community campuses cover the territory. A small college, YC provides a stimulating and collegial environment. We work with Yukon communities, Yukon First Nations, local governments, business and industry, to promote a community of learners within a vibrant organization. Come join us as we continue to enhance the Yukon’s capacity through education and training.

Expression of Interest, Mine Surveying Curriculum Developer

Centre for Northern Innovation in Mining’s Mineral Resource Tech Program Ayamdigut (Whitehorse) Campus Casual Position Competition No.: 14.09 Initial Review Date: February 11, 2014 The Mineral Resources program is looking for a curriculum developer to undertake development of a new Surveying for Mining field course to be offered in the spring of 2015. This course is intended to combine an introduction to current surveying techniques and theory with practical field application on an active or decommissioned Yukon mine site. Applicants with relevant experience and knowledge are encouraged to submit resumes. Experience with current teaching methods at the post-secondary level would be an asset. For more information please contact: Dr. Joel Cubley, Mineral Resources program coordinator Email: jcubley@yukoncollege.yk.ca For more information on the Mineral Resources program, please visit: http://www.yukoncollege.yk.ca/programs/info/ mineral_resources This position will be filled as soon as a suitable candidate is found. Go to: http://yukoncollege.yk.ca/about/employment for more information on all job competitions. Quoting the competition number, please submit your resume and cover letter to: Yukon College, Human Resources Services, Box 2799, 500 College Drive, Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 5K4 Fax: 867-668-8896 Email: hr@yukoncollege.yk.ca

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www.yukoncollege.yk.ca

Employment Opportunity

Instructors, Faculty Development 2 positions Teaching and Learning Centre (TLC) Ayamdigut (Whitehorse) Campus Permanent Positions from: May 1, 2014 Salary: $72,629 to $86,462 per annum (Based on 75.0 hours bi-weekly) Competition No.:14.08 Initial Review Date: February 28, 2014

Reporting to the Department Head, this position is responsible for the design and delivery of faculty development courses, workshops and other training activities that support instructional excellence for both synchronous and asynchronous college course delivery. Working in an instructional and coaching capacity, this position develops and facilitates courses and related learning activities on instructional skills, curriculum development, course content design, and specific skills for teaching with educational technologies and distance learning delivery methods. Applicants should have an Master’s degree in a related field (i.e., Adult Education, Curriculum or Instructional Design) combined with experiences in: teaching in a college or university setting; instructor professional practice development; instructional design in developing and revising content, learning activities and assessments; curriculum conversion from traditional to technology enhanced or technology based delivery methods and experience using a Learning Management System (LMS) or combination of LMS plus various educational technologies. This position has a variable work schedule with possible evenings, weekends and/or noon hour periods scheduled. Consideration may be given to those with an appropriate blend of education and teaching experience. Go to: http://yukoncollege.yk.ca/about/employment for more information on all job competitions. Quoting the competition number, please submit your resume and cover letter to: Yukon College, Human Resources Services, Box 2799, 500 College Drive, Whitehorse, Yukon,Y1A 5K4 Fax: 867-668-8896 Email: hr@yukoncollege.yk.ca

CANADIAN LYNDEN TRANSPORT Looking for Class 1 drivers with superb experience Please e-mail resume to abjork@lynden.com or Fax 867-668-3196 Phone: 668-3198

Miscellaneous for Sale BETTER BID NORTH AUCTIONS Foreclosure, bankruptcy De-junking, down-sizing Estate sales. Specializing in estate clean-up & buy-outs. The best way to deal with your concerns. Free, no obligation consultation. 333-0717 We will pay CASH for anything of value Tools, electronics, gold & jewelry, cameras, furniture, antiques, artwork, chainsaws, camping & outdoor gear, hunting & fishing supplies, vehicles & ATVs. G&R Pawnbrokers 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY • SELL • LOANS STAMPS, ALBUM of United Nations 1950s-70s, $30. 660-5101 NIKON 401X Autofocus Camera for slides/prints, 90 mm Lens with Nikon adaptors, lg Lowepro Camera bag, $50, Slik tripod, $50. 660-5101 DALL SHEEP shoulder mount for sale. Pristine condition and craftsmanship. Wildlife Act Permit # 5320 $1,000.00 Call Dan 867-336-1412 4-PERSON SOFT tub from Waterstone, 4 yrs. old, exc cond, no special wiring required, take home and set up in a day, 334-6724 DAY LIGHT, safe effective bright light therapy. like new, $130. 335-8964 COFFE MACHINE, DeLonghi Magnifica ESAM 3000 B Automatic Cappuccino, precoffee directly from beans, imported, exc cond, $290. 335-8964 ROYAL DOULTON "Carnation" Fine Bone China 4 dinner plates, 4 side plates, 4 salad plates, 3 teacups, 4 saucers, good cond, $75 obo. 633-4618 ANTIQUE WOOD cook stove, warming oven, water jacket, ready to use, $900. 336-1412 DENBY "MEMORIES" Stoneware, complete set for 4 dinner plates, side plates, soup bowls, cups & saucers plus 1 quiche/serving plate, oven, dishwasher, freezer safe, exc cond, $175 obo. 633-4618 YUKON PARKA, womenʼs sz small, red with wolf trim, midlength, good shape, 335-0342 WOMENS TELEMARK boots, Garmont Venus size 24.5, fits womens 8-8.5, never worn or thermo-molded, great for the backcountry, $200 obo. 335-0342 WOOD LATHE with bench, 3/4 hp, adjustable speed, $250. 660-5101 FUJI S5000 digital camera, one owner, $75, http://www.dcviews.com/_fuji/s5k.htm, 336-1412 BAFFIN SNOPACKS Boots, sz 12, Arctic type, new, $90. 660-5101 MOULINEX MASTERCHEF 850 food processor, makes juice, slices, chops, $100 obo. 667-6752 WOODEN 250-651-7868

TOOL

boxes, $40 ea.

WOOD STOVE, $200. 250-651-7868 BOGS, WOMENʼS size US 10, rated to minus 40C, new, only worn once, $141 new, asking $110. 667-2715 RENDEZVOUS RENTAL COSTUMES AND all accessories for the ladies, exquisite vests for gentlemen, wool tailcoats, ruffled shirts in many sizes, bowties, colored tophats, suspenders & feathers for fun. Phone 660-4218 BLACK & Decker bread machine, like new, $40. 667-6752 4 TONNE wood splitter, $100 obo. 335-2103 RENDEZVOUS DRESS, blue velvet/gold trim, evening gown, size 8, c/w feather hat, purse, pic at Sequels, $200. 667-6752 MOVING OUT sale, queen size bed, quad, coffee table, wardrobe cabinet, ice fishing gear, Bradley smoker, dog sled, book shelves, Keurig coffee machine, cast iron pots/pans, etc. 335-2103 BINDERS IN exc cond, different sizes. $1 to $2/piece, 335-7535 2 DOZ squirrel boards, $3 each, 8 Marten stretchers, $5 each, all made according to NAFA specifications. Mike 633-2945 MAKING JEWELLERY? 2 pkgs of jewellery equipment, great shape. 334-7250 MASTER CRAFT drill, 18 v. cordless c/w 2 batteries, $25. 334-7250 1990 POLARIS Indy Lite 500cc, liquid cool, fun, fast trail machine, $1,700. 399-3911

MOTOMASTER HYDRAULIC Body and Frame Repair Kit, 4-ton hydraulic pressure, 18 pc set, used once, like new, 1/2 price of new for $80. 336-1412 RELIO M3 burner, $175. 667-6752 or 332-8706 TIGERLOOP FOR oil furnace or boiler, $100, 30-gal John Woods oil-fired hot water tank, $500. 667-6752 or 332-8706 DAYTON EXHAUST fan c/w back draft damper, 1,500 CFM, $150. 667-6752 or 332-8706 MASON COMMERCIAL sewing machine for carpets, CM3.601, #3, second-hand, good cond, $600. 393-4552 OLSEN OIL furnace, 110,000 BTUs, downflow, suitable for garage, $120. 633-5569 BIONAIRE ELECTRIC air cleaner suitable for large area rooms, Hamilton Beach “Trueair” air cleaner, bedroom size. 668-5786 38”X70” “MAGNETIC” mattress pad, hand washable, 668-5786 MASTERCRAFT CORDLESS drill/2 batteries, $25. 334-7250 40ʼ OF 4X8 double-tiered pallet racking, new unfinished oak kitchen cupboards, upper and lowers, enough for whole kitchen. 333-0717

Electrical Appliances

DONʼS FIREWOOD 20-cord bucked firewood always available No-charge emergency delivery Kwanlin Dun Wy wait? Prompt delivery $245/cord City limits No excuses 393-4397

EVF FUELWOOD ENT Year Round Delivery • Dry accurate cords • Clean shavings available • VISA/M.C. accepted Member of Yukon Wood Producers Association Costs will rise. ORDER NOW 456-7432

Softgoods Buyer Wanted

We are the Taku Sports Group, a group of sports companies that cater to a wide range of sports and outdoor enthusiasts in the Yukon. We have 4 stores encompassing 30,000 square feet of retail space, located in downtown Whitehorse, Yukon.

We are looking for a softgoods buyer, to be located in Whitehorse, Yukon. Responsibilities include: Managing product assortment in order to identify and address opportunities; • Negotiating product costs, terms; • Identifying items to maximize promotional and marketing opportunities; • Participating in product pricing strategies to achieve specific margin objectives, and recommend appropriate markdowns; • Traveling to trade shows across Canada and the US.

expeRience/education RequiRed: • Minimum 2 years related retail buying experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience. • Effective communication, analytical, negotiation and organizational skills. • Completely comfortable working with Excel and Word. We offer a highly competitive salary and benefits package. If this opportunity appeals to you, please send your resume to chougen@hougens.com or fax 867-667-7282.

KENMORE DRYER, front loader, works great, $300. Also nw pump out of Kenmore washer, $40. 332-7797 DRYER FOR sale $150, exc cond, matching washer to give away, broken switch, unbalanced drum. 336-1864 after 5pm HOTPOINT (GE) washer & dryer, 8 years old, works great (we upgraded) $500 obo for both. 334-5323 KENMORE 12 cu ft deep freeze, $150. 250-651-7868

TVs & Stereos Paying cash for good quality modern electronics. G&R Pawnbrokers 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY • SELL • LOANS

Computers & Accessories BROTHER MFC 290 Printer, exc cond, printer, scanner, fax, includes cords & new ink $99 obo. 633-4618 NINTENDO 3DS, c/w 6 games & charger, $100. 633-5765 BROTHER ALL-IN-ONE fax, copier, scanner, printer, works great, $75. 334-7250

Musical Instruments We will buy your musical instrument or lend you money against it. G&R Pawnbrokers 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY • SELL • LOANS PIANO TUNING & REPAIR by certified piano technician Call Barry Kitchen @ 633-5191 email:bfkitchen@hotmail.com 1967 GIBSON J50 acoustic guitar w B-Band pickup, hard shell case, fabulous sound, $1,900. 336-1412 DRUMS, BLACK 5 piece Westbury Pro-Cussion kit with drummer's stool for $275. 335-9875 CASIO KEYBOARD, CTK-710 with stand, gently used, great for beginner. 633-4699 ANTIQUE 1960'S Gerhard Heintzman upright piano, $1,800 obo. 334-3053 VIOLIN WITH case, over 100 yrs. old, donʼt know maker, $350. 334-2418

Firewood

Duke’s Firewood

Ta’an Kwäch’än Council

117 Industrial Road, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2T8 Telephone: 867.668.3613

EmploymEnt opportunity

Manager Housing and Infrastructure Regular Full Time ı TKC wage scale Level 9

In this new and exciting position, your leadership skills will be relied upon to manage Ta’an Kwäch’än Council’s housing and infrastructure department. Reporting to the Executive Administrator, you will work diligently to reflect Ta’an Kwäch’än Council’s goals to actively seek out opportunities to address our citizens’ housing needs. As well, you will be responsible for estimating and forecasting budget requirements; preparing, monitoring and reporting on various project initiatives; and, preparing proposals thus ensuring that funding is available that addresses our housing plan and initiatives.

Closing date: Monday, February 3, 2014. The TKC Preferential Hiring policy will apply. Please submit a cover letter and résumé to the above address.

EmploymEnt opportunity

Executive Director The Yukon Conservation Society (YCS) is seeking an experienced and highly motivated person to lead and manage our organization. The successful candidate must have: • excellent communication skills • management, fundraising, and strategic planning skills • experience with non-governmental organizations • relevant educational background or equivalent experience • knowledge of environmental issues • a strong environmental ethic

YCS is a vibrant, 45-year-old grassroots environmental organization committed to pursuing ecosystem well-being and sustainable living throughout the Yukon and beyond.

cash and debit accepted

Email resume and cover letter to: ycs@ycs.yk.ca, Attention: Search Committee For full job description see www.yukonconservation.org

334-8122 DRY SPRUCE FIREWOOD $250/cord Call David 335-3616

Dakwakada Development Corporation (DDC)

Finance Manager

Currently Dakwakada Development Corporation (DDC) has an opening for a Finance / Office Manager. Reporting to the General Manager, this is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the overall success of the corporation (and its subsidiaries) by effectively managing all financial tasks along with administrative oversight. The position will also include efforts to minimize corporate risks, coordination of Board of Director meetings, provide corporate support, property management and assisting with researching and assessing business cases and emerging investment opportunities while providing recommendations to Senior Management. Qualifications: The ideal candidate should possess a university degree or college diploma in Accounting, Commerce, or Business Management/Administration and a minimum of 3- 5 years of progressive financial and office administration experience. Knowledge of the construction and manufacturing sector is considered to be an asset. Candidates should also possess advanced knowledge of all aspects of financial analysis, accounting and financial reporting. The candidate should further possess demonstrated skills in problem solving and analysis, proficiency in the use of computer programs particularly excel, relational databases, MS office. Good oral and written communication skills to be able to clearly explain financial concepts and the ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality as it concerns sensitive financial information are required. A valid driver’s license is required. Some travel may be required. HoW to aPPlY: Qualified candidates are invited to send their resume and cover letter by February 10, 2014 to: Human Resources at #6 – 17 Burns Road Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 4Z3, fax to (867) 668-5841, or email to michelle@dakwakada.com Preference will be shown to a qualified Champagne Aishihik First Nation Citizen. We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. oRGaniZational BacKGRounD: Dakwakada Development Corporation (DDC) is a privatelyheld investment firm located in Whitehorse, Yukon. Our sole-shareholder is the Champagne and Aishihik Trust, an organization whose purpose is to hold and manage most investment and business assets of the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations, based in Haines Junction, Yukon. DDC has made numerous investments in the Yukon, primarily in growing sectors. Investments in construction and manufacturing sector include Castle Rock Enterprises, Kilrich Industries Limited and the RAB Energy Group/Northerm. Other investments include a variety of property holdings.

Dakwakada Development corporation #6 - 17 Burns Road, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 4Z3

www.dakwakada.com | p. 867-668-5831 | f. 867-668-5841

Executive Director

Yukon Women in Trades and Technology (YWITT)

To access the job description, please call Human Resources Department or contact by e-mail pkimbley@taan.ca.

avoid the Fall rush & prices! spring Wood prices: 6 cord load $210/cord $230 for multiples of 2 cords Come cut your own at $75/cord Approx 20 cord truckload logs $2800 Approx 8 cord loads of 20ft dry logs $1300

EMPloYMEnt oPPoRtunitY

Ideally, you will possess post secondary education in property management, housing administration, business administration or First Nations Management, or, you can demonstrate having the equivalent combination of education and work related experiences.

37.5 hours per week $27 to $32 per hour

standing dry beetle Killed spruce

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Closing date: February 16, 2014.

yukon Conservation Society 302 Hawkins Street, Whitehorse, yukon, y1A 1X6 867-668-5678

Closing Date: Wednesday, February 7, 2014 Hours: 37.5 hours per week (some evening and weekend hours required) Wage: $25-$30 per hour DOE Job Description/Duties: YUKON WOMEN IN TRADES AND TECHNOLOGY (YWITT) If you are an energetic, visionary leader committed to making a real difference for Yukon women of all ages, this job is for you. As the Executive Director you will be the leader and senior manager responsible for carrying out the YWITT strategic plan. Working with governments, industry and non-government partners, you will be responsible for overseeing the funding, developing, managing and delivering of a variety of diverse training programs for adults and exciting and educational events for youth. Additional highlights of necessary knowledge, skills and abilities are: • • • • • • • • •

excellent leadership, communication and interpersonal skills public relations –strong networking skills proposal development financial management within a context of multiple government funding agencies flexible program planning, implementation and evaluation ability to provide hands on support to trainers in a variety of trades and technology related workshops ability to flex hours to accommodate evening and weekend programs Trades and/or Technology industry experience will be considered an asset. Applicants must have a reliable vehicle and be willing to travel to various communities within Yukon.

requirements/qualiFications: The ideal candidate will have a university degree in a relevant field and/or a minimum of five years experience in a similar work environment/capacity. You understand the responsibilities of an Executive Director reporting to the volunteer, policy-oriented Board of Directors of a non-government organization. HoW to apply: Quoting the title, please submit your resume to: YUKON WOMEN IN TRADES AND TECHNOLOGY #191 – 108 Elliott Street, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 6C4 or Email: ywitt@yukonwitt.org Phone: 867-667-4441, Fax: 867-633-5689. Contact Name: Kim Solonick WE THANK ALL THOSE WHO APPLY AND ADvISE THAT ONLY THOSE CANDIDATES INvITED FOR AN INTERvIEW WILL BE CONTACTED.

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Labourers Required Fort Nelson Area.Camp accommodations supplied. Term: 6 - 8 weeks commencing February 5, 2014 Transportation provided from Whitehorse. Rate: $15.00/hour Call: 333-9252

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Cheapest wood from Haines Junction!! CGFJ WOODCUTTING SERVICE Delivered $220 - 16” lengths $200 - 4ʼ lengths Prompt, friendly service Dry timber, money-back guarantee Prices vary for Communities 689-1727

ANDYʼS FIREWOOD SERVICE February 1st Price Drop! Limited time quantity offer Haines Junction Standing Dry Fully stacked, measured cords $220/cord - 7-cord loads $230/cord - small orders Stock up now! 667-6429

E M P L OY M E N T O P P O RT U N I T Y TUTOR (Part-Time Casual to June 10, 2014) Department: Education Closing: Feb. 7, 2014 Salary: $25-$30/hour, depending on experience For full details, visit www.kwanlindun.com/employment

E M P L OY M E N T O P P O RT U N I T Y DIRECTOR - EDUCATION AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE Position Type: Full-time, Permanent Department: Education Closing: Feb. 7, 2014 Salary: Level 9 - $90,352 to $117,458 For complete details, visit www.kwanlindun.com/employment

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Pharmacists

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Medicine Chest Pharmacy is expanding & will soon have 2 locations in Whitehorse. To continue our excellent customer service we are hiring more pharmacists.

Simulation d’entrevue

Both full time and part time will be considered. Inquiries by e-mail only to traceev@gmail.com

Positions Available

Des services personnalisés et des ressources utiles.

Medicine Chest Pharmacy

1ST QUALITY heating wood Season-dried over 3-yrs. to be picked up on Levich Drive in Mt. Sima industrial subdivision. Complete info at 335-0100. FIREWOOD FOR SALE Beetle killed $3,000 per logging truck load Delivered to Whitehorse Approximately 20 cord loads Also community deliveries Call Clayton @ 867-335-0894 FIREWOOD for sale $200/cord for 8 foot lengths $250/cord for stove length Text or Call 334-8960 FIREWOOD FOR SALE Standing dry from Haines Junction $250/cord cut and delivered Prompt delivery Steelwater Contracting Phone: 334-9867 FIREWOOD Clean, beetle-kill, dry Ready for pick-up, $210/cord or Local delivery, $250/cord 1/2 cords also available for pick-up only Career Industries @668-4360 TEN TON Firewood Services $150/cord for 10-cord load - 30ʼ lengths $200/cord - 3-cord load 11' lengths $240/cord - bucked up, discounts on multiple-cord orders Call or text David 867-332-8327 DIMOK TIMBER 6 CORD OR 22 CORD LOADS OF FIREWOOD LOGS BUNDLED SLABS U-CUT FIREWOOD @ $105/CORD CALL 634-2311 OR EMAIL DIMOKTIMBER@GMAIL.COM

HURLBURT ENTERPRISES INC.

Éducation

Direction de l’enseignement postsecondaire

CENTRE DE LA FRANCOPHONIE 302, rue Strickland, Whitehorse (Yukon) 867.668.2663 poste 223 www.sofa-yukon.ca

Store (867) 633-3276

First nation of

nacho nyäk Dun First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun is seeking 3-4 interested individuals to serve as Trustees to the NND Investment Trust for terms of 3 years.

is looking for

Community Skills Development Officer Workforce Development

Please send your resume and cover letter with attention to: Executive Director, Brenda Jackson First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun Box 220, Mayo, Yukon Y0B 1M0 Or email to: execdirector@nndfn.com

Closing date for applications is March 31, 2014 by 4:00 PM.

Full Time

Reporting to the Director Workforce Development, the Community Skills Development Officer is responsible for developing, implementing, maintaining and reviewing the First Nation’s plans and policies related to the education and skills development of citizens and community members. The incumbent is responsible for developing, coordinating, managing, and evaluating programs that provide support to citizens, community members and students pursuing post secondary education. Education & Experience • Post-secondary completion of education relating to career counseling and counseling psychology, or an equivalent combination of education and experience • Certification as a career practitioner or course work in counseling, and several years experience in the area of counseling • Training plan development and implementation Main Duties • Participating in the development of and implementing a community training and education strategy which will create a labor pool for TTC staffing needs • Organizing and recommending training programs for the long term requirements of TTC staffing requirements, including identifying specific training requirements and priorities of TTC, researching training program costs and developing budgets • Assessing clients’ employability and learning needs to determine learning requirements and career aspirations • Providing counseling and career guidance for citizens and community members • Developing training plans and counseling clients on financial supports that they may access For more information please call 867.390.2532 ext 316. Please quote the job title in the subject line of your email, fax and/or cover letter: Workforce Development, Teslin Tlingit Council Box 133, Teslin, Yukon Y0A 1B0 f. 867.390.2176 humanresources@ttc-teslin.com Closing Date: Monday, February 3rd, 2014 **no later than 4pm**

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY www.ttc-teslin.com

Junior/ Intermediate

AudItor

A busy accounting firm requires a motivated individual to assist with the following; • Assist senior auditors with preparation of audit files, • Preparation of various types of financial statements, • General administrative duties. The successful applicant will have successful completed course work in financial accounting and auditing. Completion of a basic tax course and experience in a public practice setting would be an asset to the candidate. The applicant should have a working knowledge of Caseware, Excel and Word. The starting wage will depend on experience. A benefits package is available for the successful candidate. Please forward your resume to:

M. McKay & associates

Certified General Accountants 204-208A Main Street Whitehorse Yukon, Y1A 2A9. Phone: 867-633-5434, Fax: 867-633-5440, or E-mail: mm_ assoc.office@northwestel.net Closing date is February 8th 2014

Dev (867) 335-5192 Carl (867) 334-3782

✔ Beetle-killed spruce from Haines Junction, quality guaranteed ✔ Everything over 8" split ✔ $250 per cord (2 cords or more) ✔ Single and emergency half cord deliveries ✔ You-cut and you-haul available ✔ Scheduled or next day delivery

MasterCard

Cheque, Cash S.A. vouchers accepted.

Guns & Bows Case cutlery, high quality hand-crafted pocket and hunting knives available at G&R Pawnbrokers 1612-D Centennial St. 393-2274 BUY • SELL • LOANS The Patty Maker We process wild meat. We offer: Cut, grind, cut & wrap Fresh sausages 1/4 lb patties All natural casing Werner Fischer 7 Locust Place (off Ponderosa) 633-2346 COMPOUND BOW, Hoyt 45-60 older model, good shape, $125. 334-8175 LEE ENFIELD No. 4Mk2, c/w Redfield L9 scope, action glass bedded, PAL reqʼd, $350. 334-8175 BUSHNELL 15 x 60 spotting scope, older, aluminum construction, extendable light barrel, mechanical fine focus, lens cover, rarely used, $75.00. 336-1412 SAKO A7, stainless synthetic, 300 wm, bolt action, removable magazine, after market limbsaver recoil pad, rings, bases, 4 x Bushnell scope, sling swivels, $925 obo. 633-4322 CROSSBOW FOXFIRE, 125 lbs older model, c/w pouch w spare parts, $125. 334-8175 WINCHESTER 12-GAUGE, pump action, c/w folding stock, pistol grip, sling. PAL reqʼd, $175. 334-8175

WINCHESTER LONG barrel, lever action, 30-30 cal, Canadian Centennial model, used, good shape, $400 firm. 633-2488 or 333-5640 ENFIELD P-14 .303 British rifle, $150. 633-2443 TOBIN ARMS 16-gauge shotgun, older model sxs, barrels choked full/modified, good bores, tight lock-up, good blueing in barrels, action/sidelocks have no blueing remaining, double triggers, $375. 633-2443

I BUY antler, (caribou/moose/deer) $10$12/lb. I make knives for Cabela's and NRA. Call or email if you have 50+ pounds, or can consistently supply me with antler. 360-332-4380

Cars

LEE RELOADING press quick change system, good for 3 presses, extra bases easily made, bought 2, only need 1, sell for my cost $43. 332-1680 lv msg

2007 DODGE Caliber, like new, 126,000 km, standard. C/w extra tires, stereo system, tow pkg, garage door opener. $9,500 obo. 456-4112 or 333-0236

Wanted

2007 TOYOTA Matrix, std trans, exc running cond, $7,500. 633-2740 2009 DODGE Caliber SXT, 58,000kms, exc cond, mint inside, c/w command start, new mud/snow tires, $11,750 obo. 668-4206 2008 PONTIAC G5, 5-sp manual, power windows/locks, great cond, low Kms, $12,000 obo. 633-2262

WANTED: 2003 753 bobcat snow blade, 336-3922

2005 CAVALIER, 5-speed, great cond, $4,000 obo. 336-0594

WANTED: A ukulele with case, 336-0096

2004 CHEVY Optra 4dr sedan, manual, 100,000kms, $4,200 obo. 456-7026 2004 FORD Focus, 2 dr hatchback, auto, 237,000 kms, well-maintained, great car, 667-7535

✔ I50 point comprehensive vehicle inspection ✔ 3 month or 5000 km limited powertrain warranty ✔ 10 day or 1000 km Vehicle Exchange Privilege ✔ Car Proof verified report ✔ Complimentary Roadside Assistance ✔ Nitrogen inflated tires ✔ Full tank of fuel ✔ First two oil changes FREE

dependable...

piece of mind

Nervous about your credit? No problem! call us!

whitehorsemotors.com

1992 C R O W N Vic, 105,000 km, serviced/well maintained, c/w inspection, super clean, $2,200 obo. 335-3868 1982 CHRYSLER Cordova slant 6, auto, make offer. 336-1695

Trucks 2008 F250 supercab, 7' flatdeck, 5.4L V8, 4WD, auto, recently serviced, new windshield/battery, winter package, new tires/ rims, low kms. $11,500 obo. 334-3049 lv msg

2010 DODGE 3500 Laramie dually, 4X4, 29,000kms, every option plus, mint cond, $65,000 obo. 668-4206 2007 3500 Dodge Laramie, low mileage, 2 sets tires on rims, winter studded and summer, 336-1701

(née Matthews)

January 13, 1950 - February 1, 2012

A loving wife, mother, sister and grandmother. You are missed by so many family and friends.

We all Love you

and you will be forever in our hearts.

dd MacMorine-Chilton Wedding, February 5, 1944 Remembering a marriage and a family life together this coming week on what would have been our parents’ 70th wedding anniversary.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Finance Director

The successful candidate will be required to complete/provide: 1. 3 recent work related references; 2. The successful candidate will be subject to a criminal records check; 3. Applicants must be able to work in Canada. Applicants are requested to submit resume package consisting of a cover letter describing their qualifications and resume. We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

2012 4X4 Toyota Tacoma, access cab, 4-cyl standard, new snow tires, good cond, $23,000 obo. 633-3347

Fay J. Scheffler

P.O. Box 40, Pelly Crossing, YT Y0B 1P0 Phone: 867-537-3331 Fax: 867-537-3902

The Director of Finance will develop and enhance financial controls and systems while supporting and overseeing financial administration and reporting for several. She/he will also possess the following qualifications: • an accounting designation, complimented by a minimum of five (5) years financial management or an equivalent combination of demonstrated ability and education; • Proven skills in developing, implementing and monitoring financial systems, controls, policies and best practices while ensuring compliance with all regulators and funding agencies; • Advanced proficiency in with Excel and accounting software, ideally Quickbook; • Demonstrated strong communication and interpersonal skills combined with the ability to work • Effectively with all internal and external stakeholders including auditors, lending institutions and • Government agencies; familiarization with Selkirk First Nation Final Agreement and FTA an asset • Strong organizational and administrative skills as well as experience managing multiple projects and time sensitive deadlines; • Previous knowledge and experience working with First Nations governments and communities • (preferably within the Yukon Territory), INAC, CMHC and other government agencies is an asset; and A competitive annual salary with full benefits is offered, commensurate with qualifications / experience for this senior management position located at Pelly Crossing, Yukon Territory. If you are interested in this exciting career opportunity, please provide your resume and cover letter in complete confidence by, January 31, 2014 to: Albert Drapeau, Executive Director preferably by Email: execdir@selkirkfn.com Or by Fax: (867) 537-3902. No phone calls will be accepted.

1-866-269-2783 • 9039 Quartz Rd. • Fraserway.com

Two years ago we lost a very special woman.

Selkirk First Nation

THE CANDIDATE: Reporting to the Chief and Council through the Executive Director, the Director of Finance will be a key member of and support to the Selkirk First Nation (SFN) senior management team. The successful candidate will be a well-rounded and hands on accountant who is responsible for all financial activities of SFN. She/he will provide leadership, direction, training and guidance to the finance staff, overseeing and carrying out a full range of day-to-day financial activities including: overseeing the payroll, preparing budgets, managing and monitoring funding and financial agreements and reporting requirements, cash flow analysis, preparation of financial statements, month end and year end reports.

We Sell Trucks!

1992 BUICK Regal Grand Sport, 4-dr, sunroof, no body damage, runs good. $1,000. 335-5046

the yukon’s best pre-owned vehicles!

1962 MODEL 94 Winchester 30/30, in good, clean shape, $550 obo. 334-2418

WANTED: OLD guitars and amplifiers for fix up or parts for cash, also any other musical instruments you may have. Dave at 333-9084

2002 C H R Y S L E R Concorde LX, 117,000kms, leather, CD, A/C, fully optioned, super clean cond, $3,800. 335-3868

1998 SUBARU Forester, manual, 230,200 kms, new radiator, snow tires, AWD, good cond, $3,200 obo, text 250-499-0495

2012 NISSAN Versa SL, 12,000km, 6-spd manual, HID headlights, DC air intake and exhaust, winter tires/rims, summer tires/17" rims, $16,500. 335-7878

WANTED: USED dartboard in good condition 667-2940

2002 CHEVY Tracker, 124,000km, 5 sp, 35 mpg, studded ice & summer tires, driving lights, $7,000. 335-3656 after 5pm

1998 HONDA Civic 4-dr, auto, a/c, 179,000 miles, 2 sets tires, great cond, $2,200. 334-5964

WINCHESTER MODEL 12 pump action 16-gauge shotgun, 28” barrel, full choke, good bore, good cond overall, hunting gun, not collector, $325. 633-2443

WANTED: PROTECTIVE riding gear for dirtbike, 5ʼ09” & 180 lbs & size 8.5/9 mens. 667-2940

2004 HONDA Civic LX, 88,000 km, c/w 17' maxxis ferris rims, injen cold air intake, 335-5036 for details. $8,000 obo. 335-5036

2002 MUSTANG GT, 8-cyl standard, low kms, great cond, $8,500. 633-2740

ZEISS CONQUEST 3x9x40 rapid z-600 riflescope, exc cond, c/w original warranty card, $475. 335-8925

SAVAGE FOX BST sxs 16-gauge shotgun, 28” ventilated rib barrels, choked full/modified, checkered walnut stocks, beavertain forearm, gold trigger, recoil pad, good cond, $500, 633-2443

Yukon News

Friday, January 31, 2014

dd We are thinking of our mother and father at this time with heartfelt emotions as we remember their many years together and our lives as a family. They were married in the midst of the many hardships brought upon by a world at war. Dad had just returned home to Kingsbury, Quebec after serving overseas and was now to be reassigned to Ottawa. How they enjoyed their experiences and the new people they met while stationed in our nation’s capital! After the war, our parents returned to Quebec to be closer to both their families and they bought their first home in Greenly, by the shores of the St. Francis River in the heart of the beautiful Eastern Townships. Dad accepted work with a pulp and paper mill in the nearby town of Windsor Mills, while our mother was busy creating a home to be proud of. Babies soon followed and as we girls grew, we remember with great fondness the many family gatherings and celebrations with a house bursting with relatives and friends. All the wonderful Sunday dinners at our grandparents’ home and the many family picnics in during the summer. The years of gardening with our parents, along with the ensuing preserving and freezing during harvest time. We enjoyed frequent excursions to county fairs in the fall and the maple sugar bushes in the spring. Sunday school and church was always a must, as well as Christmas concerts, church dinners and bazaars. Sunday drives to admire the amazing fall colours across the fields

and over the hills of the Townships. Knitting club, craft night, card games and “Hockey Night in Canada” filled our home with laughter and good fun on many winter evenings with close and dear friends. Canadian Legion dances, fundraisers and Armistice Day parades were all part of our daily and regular lives as a family growing up. In 1981, our father decided to retire, incredibly after 35 years of shift work and being exposed to numerous dangerous chemicals, he thought it was time to spend his days learning how to play golf! As well, our parents decided to move from Quebec to Brampton, Ontario to be closer to all us girls and our own growing families. They spent 15 happy years living in Ontario enjoying their grandchildren, making new friends, volunteering in more church and other service organizations, travelling throughout Canada and the United States and enjoying as much golf and shuffle board activities as they possibly could. In 1999, they decided to make another move, this time to Whitehorse, Yukon to be closer to one daughter now living here. Our father said, “The Yukon reminds me of the best of Canada in the 1950s and the water here is the best in the world.” Once again, they made a new and happy life for themselves and it remained that way until our father’s death. He died peacefully in his 89th year on April 22nd, 2004 surrounded by loving family. Our mother died only recently, in her 95th year on December 26th, 2013 and sadly without family by her side. To our great sorrow, we were robbed of her these last 4 long years.

d Gone, but not forgotten. d Love always. Your daughters, Marilyn and Phyllis

Yukon News

Pet Report Hours of operation for tHe sHelter: Tues - Fri: 12:00pm-7:00pm • Sat 10:00am-6:00pm CloSed Sundays & Mondays

633-6019 FriDay, JanUary 31

Help control the pet overpopulation problem

2014

have your pets spayed or neutered. For inFormation call

633-6019

LOST/FOUND LOST

• MCINTyRE AREA, 10yrs old, black with white on chest and white toes, male, wearing camo collar with city tags. if found contact Jarmah @ 335-4802 • GRANGER AREA, choc. labX , f/s, wearing a black collar with pink paw prints on it, answers to Gunniss. if found contact mike @ 250-775-0570 (24-01-14) • MT SIMA AREA, 7 yrs old, f/s, black and brown GSD/ HuskyX no collar right eye is half blue. if found contact mia @ 333-0383. (28/01/14).

• GRANGER AREA, choc. lab 5 months old, female, no collar. if found contact todd @ 332-3814 (28/01/14).

FOUND

• GRANGER AREA, 4 month old choc. lab, female, no collar. if this is your dog please call 456-2222. (25/01/14)

if you have lost a pet, remember to check with city Bylaw: 668-8382

AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION

IN FOSTER HOMES • 5 year old, spayed female, lab/Pit Bull X, black (Gaia) • 3 yr old, female spayed, BeardogX GSD, black and tan (Holly)

• 6 months old, female, Husky / labX, blonde (Winnie)

CATS

• 11 month old, neutered male, DlH, grey (Deegan)

AT THE SHELTER DOGS

• 4 mos old, female, husky X, blonde (Bianca) • 1 yr old, neutered male, labX GSD, black and tan ( rider) • 5 yr old, neutered male, labX collie, black (arlo) • 1 yr old, neutered male, Pekingese, white and brown (christmas) • 8 wks old, female, alaska malamute/ Husky, tan and black (Dasher) • 8wks old, female, alaska malamute / Husky, tan and black (Donner) • 2 yr old, neutered male, black and white, Husky X (D.o.G) • 1 yr old, female, blonde, Husky/ lab X (lucky) • 5 months old, male, Husky, white (cupid) • 3yr old, neutered male, akita, grey and white (a.J.) • 3 yr old, neutered male, GSD/ rottweiler, black and brown (

2009 SUBARU Tribeca Ltd, loaded, 7-seater, CD/DVD, heated seats, remote start, back-up camera, regularly serviced, 50,000kms, $22,900. 667-6752 2007 TOYOTA Sienna limited AWD 7 passenger minivan, 74,000 kms, power sliding doors/rear hatch, sunroof, every option available, new winter tires on rims. 333-9020 2005 GMC Sierra, crew cab, leather, Bose stereo, lots of miles, regularly serviced, runs good, $6,500. 334-5739 2004 CHEV cube van 16ʼ, 143,000km, $9,800, 2000 F-450 cube van, 285,000km, 23” box, $10,900, 1989 E-350 cube van, 16ʼ box, $3,900. 333-0717 2003 FORD F150 4x4, manual, c/w canopy, exc cond, new tires, low mileage, $7,400 obo. 689-7890 2003 TACOMA TRD, 4 cyln, 2 wh/drv, 180,000 miles double cab, PWR, AC, new winter tires, well maintained, $7,500. 335-4436 2002 CHEVY Tracker, 124,000km, studded ice and summer tires, 5 speed, driving lights, 35 mpg, $7,000 obo. 335-4656 after 5:00pm

2000 YUKON XL SLT, 198,000kms, exc shape, $7,500 obo. 633-3088 1996 CHEV 1500 Silverado Ext Cab w/canopy/suspension air bags, lots of recent work, needs brake master cylinder/steering column combo switch, $2,750 obo. 334-7262 1994 SHUTTLE bus made into work truck, one passenger seat left, 7.3 diesel, good working order, $3,000. 335-5046 1992 DIESEL Pathfinder, right-hand drive, 190,000kms, $4,250 obo. 668-2773 1991 GMC 1/2 ton, 6.2L diesel, air bags, needs work, make offer. 336-1695 1990 DODGE 1-ton van, V8, auto, rear cabinets c/w heater, mint cond (needs differential), near-new rubber, $1,400. 667-7777 1990 NISSAN 4X4 5-spd, regular cab, c/w winch, extensive maintenance done, invoice available, c/w utility trailer electric hook-up, $2,500 obo. 633-2837

2001 DODGE Dakota Sport RT, 5.9L, auto, new tires/windshield, low kms, exc cond, $6,500. 633-2740

1990 TOYOTA Hiace, 4wd, 4-cyl diesel, auto, excellent fuel consumption, seats 8, middle seats swivel, 128,000 kms. $3,900. 333-9020

2000 FORD F150 XL Triton V8 4X4, new brakes master/cylinder 2012, engine replaced 2007, well maintained, $2,500 obo. 660-4567

WANTED: LOOKING for 4-wd mid-size pick-up truck, standard, with ext cab. 660-4321

Pet of the Week!

RUNNING AT LARGE...

DOGS

Friday, January 31, 2014

• • • •

trouble) 8 months old, spayed female, black, StaffordshireX, black ( Peanut) 8 months old, male, StaffordshireX, black ( tank) 1yr old, neutered male, mastiffX, brindle and white (apollo) 4mos old, male, Blue Heeler/Pitbull, white and black (Skylos)

CATS

• 2yr old, DSH, grey and white, neutered male (Sappy) • 6 months old,DSH, grey and white, neutered male (moss) • 2 yr old, DSH, white and black, neutered male (tom) • 6mos old, DSH, black and white, neutered male (onyx) • 3 yr old, DmH, black and white, spayed female (cece)

ianca

Hey hey hey! I’m Bianca! I’m a well behaved young lady who just loves to cuddle up to whoever is closest. I’m super excited to be out of isolation, now I have a couple friends to play with! Come on by and say hi soon!

633-6019

6 750X15 bias ply directional lug snow tires with tubes, good for plowng snow, $25 ea or offers, 667-6752 or 332-8706

Pets 8 MONTH old Chihauhau available for stud service. Purebred tea cup. Exchange for pick of the litter. Contact 393-3868 LARGE DOG Whisperer dog crate, wood & metal, 250-651-7868 SPRINT SLED for sale, mint cond, blue/yellow sled bag, snow hook incl, $900. 335-2103 FREE TO good home male hypoallergenic poodle X . Quiet and calm very gentle demeanour. Would do well with children and likes cats. 335-6343 NEW FULLY insulated dog house for small to medium dog, measures 32"x32"x22 high, opening 12"x14", finished inside, shingled roof & painted. 668-7369

RONʼS SMALL ENGINE SERVICES Repairs to Snowmobiles, Chainsaws, Lawnmowers, ATVʼs, Small industrial equipment. Light welding repairs available 867-332-2333 lv msg

126 Tlingit Street

www.humanesocietyyukon.ca

Gently Used

Inventory Atv’s: 2009 Yamaha Big Bear 250 ..........................................................$3,499 2009 Yamaha Wolverine 450 .......................................................$4,999 2001 POLARIS 800 RMK 151” track, black, low miles, exc cond, $3,000 obo. 334-4477

snowmobiles: 2007 Yamaha Apex Gt 121" .........................................................$5,999 2008 Yamaha Phazer Mtx 144" Timbersled Suspension ..........$6,499 2009 Yamaha Nytro Rtx Se 121" Sno X Edition 1275km ...........$7,999 2009 Bravo 250 mint condition 700km ....................................... $5999 2012 Yamaha Nytro Xtx 144" Speed Racer Edition ...................$9,999 2012 Yamaha Nytro Mtx 162" 270hp Turbo ..............................$15,999

motoRCYCles: 2008 Honda Shadow 750..............................................................$4,999

• Homes needed for retired sled dogs. they would make excellent pets. Please contact 668-3647 or kennelmanager@muktuk.com

2008 Yamaha R6 Canadian Edition .............................................$7,999 2011 Harley Davidson Sportster 1100 ........................................$8,999 2012 Yamaha Bw50 Scooter ....................................................... $2,499

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15” NOKIAN winter tires on alloy rims, 195x65R from 2001 Honda accord, 65% treadwear remaining, $1,500 new, asking $500. 335-5964

TAITʼS CUSTOM TRAILER SALES 2-3-4- place snowmobile & ATV trailers Drive on Drive off 3500 lb axles by Trailtech - SWS & Featherlight CALL ANYTIME: 334-2194 www/taittrailers.com

2008 Yamaha Wr450 Offroad .......................................................$4,499

You can also check out our award winning website at:

Hi-Rise & Cab Hi - several in stock View at centennialmotors.com 393-8100

Motorcycles & Snowmobiles

2000 Yamaha 650 Vstar ............................................................... $3,499

Pets will be posted on the Pet report for two weeks. Please let us know after that time if you need them re-posted.

TRUCK CANOPIES - in stock * new Dodge long/short box * new GM long/short box * new Ford long/short box

3/4 PUB & 1/4 chug pups 8-wks old, 4 males 1 female, have their first shots, call 633-5362 for appt. to view

SPECIAL

if your lost animal has been inadvertently left off the pet report or for more info on any of these animals, call 633-6019 or stop by 126 Tlingit Street.

Auto Parts & Accessories

2013 Kawasaki Ninja 300 .............................................................$3,999

YUKON

YAMAHA

(867) 668-2101 or 1-800-661-0430

1 KM south of Robert Service Way, Alaska Highway, Whitehorse, Y.T.

2003 RXI Yamaha 1000 turbo sled, for parts or rebuild, low miles, $1,500. 334-5739

2011 YAMAHA 25hp LS 4 Stroke outboard w/ 5gal tank/stand, less than 60 hours, well maintained, yearly maintenance on lower unit oil/lube changes, quiet, easy to start, $3,950. 334-8324 TO GIVE away, 2007 Suzuki Hayabusa GSX1300RZZ GSX-R Sport Bike, 100% mechanically ok, starkjohn336@yahoo.com 2010 SWT Skandic, 800 4 stroke, 8,000kms, new track, good cond, $9,000 obo. 390-2689 2 SKIDOOS, 1995 Phazer 488 and Arctic Cat F700, both in good shape, 390-2313 2009 BEARCAT XT wide track 570, 3,500kms, reverse, winch, 2-up seat, heated grips, $5,800. 335-2083 MICHAEL KELLY Patriot elec guitar, set-neck construction, mahogany body/neck, flame maple top, rosewood fretboard, 22 medium jumbo frets, 24 3/4" scale, tune-o-matic bridge, MK PAF pickups, $300. 336-1412 2013 SUMMIT XM 163, 1400 kms, lots of upgrades, fantastic sled in amazing shape. $12,500 obo. 335-3633

Heavy Equipment

2002 CAT 315 CL excavator, 5,000 hrs, quick change, dig bucket, thumb, $55,000, 2 rebuilt 6” & 1 10” flight pumps, $10,000 & $20,000. 250-651-7773.

HOBART 2 2 5 AMP, gas powered welder/genset on transport wagon, $2,500 obo. 633-6502

LISTER 3 cyl, 6kw genset, $5,500. Yanmar 8kw, low hrs, mounted on fuel tank, $7,000. 633-4822

D-8K STRAIGHT blade, double hydraulic tilts, new corner bits & cutting edges (still in pkg, never installed), $5,000. 667-7777

DEUTZ 1 cyl, 5kw genset, $5,000. Lister 2 cyl, 4.5kw genset, $5,500. Ph 633-4822

GOLD SHAKER sluice box, spray bar, on metal skids, $5,000, for info call 867-536-7610

BOBCAT S650, good condition, must sell, I canʼt drive. $1,000 firm. 334-4474 LPW-2 CYL Lister 6kw genset, new engine, $6,000. 633-4822

KUBOTA ENCLOSED genset 10kw, mounted on fuel tank and on wheels, $7,000. Lister 3 cyl, 14kw, mounted on oil sump, $5,000. 633-4822

10KW LISTER genset, $1,500, 37KW Cat genset w fresh D311 engine, $3,500. 250-651-7773

45,000 L envirotank, $15,000, 2 lg., 1 sm. Knelson concentrators, misc hardrock machines, 250-651-7773

FORD LOUISVILLE fuel truck, A-train tank trailer, 3208 Cat diesel, $6,500, parting out 945 Fiat Allis Loader, good 29.5x29 tires, $3,000 ea, 250-651-7773

Memorial Service For the late

Elizabeth Wilson (nee Shorty) K’ełaneddhätme

8FT LONG skimmer toboggan for snowmobile. Teflon with metal frame. Manufactured locally by Art Lock. $1,800 new, asking $1,000. 332-5364

December 9, 1936 – January 24, 2014 Hänjet - Crow Clan

250 SUZUKI Sport quad, mint cond, good for young rider, $750. 335-2103

13 Denver roaD in McCrae • 668-6639

2007 400 Outlande quad and plow, 336-1701 2012 KODIAK Yamaha ATV 450 4x4 EPS, exc shape, 34.8 hrs and 105 km, c/w winch, plow, hitch, 4ʼ dump trailer, paid $9,900, asking $9,000 obo. 633-6855

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Marine PROFESSIONAL BOAT REPAIR Fiberglass Supplies Marine Accessories FAR NORTH FIBERGLASS 49D MacDonald Rd Whitehorse, Yukon 393-2467 HOUSEBOAT ATLIN Lake 12x54, refurbished, dishes, fish finder, life jackets, rod holders, ext. 14' front deck, 2 way radio, trailer, one year storage, moorage conditions apply, $55,000. 778-233-2855

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It is with great sadness that the Johnson & Smith family announce the sudden passing of Arnold Johnson of Burwash Landing and Takhini River. At this time the family invites all who knew Arnold to a celebration of life in his home town of Burwash Landing, Yukon.

Burial to follow at his place near “Copper Joe Creek”. Potlatch to follow.

Helen Marie Neal Born March 10, 1938 – January 19, 2014

Marie passed away peacefully on the evening of January 19th, 2014 with her family at her side at Whitehorse General Hospital. Marie lived in various locations before settling in Whitehorse in 1981.

Cathy Gilmour

July 12, 1960 – January 24, 2014

It is with great sadness that we announce that Cathy passed away peacefully at Whitehorse General Hospital on January 24, 2014 after a battle with cancer. Cathy was quick to greet everyone with a smile and always looked on the bright side of life. She will be sorrowfully missed by all who knew her and especially her loving mom Sylvia, sister Carol, and her best friend and soul mate Gerry McGraw.

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My Mother is a women like no other. She gave me all the things I needed in life. She nurtured me, taught me, dressed me, fought for me, held me, shouted at me, kissed me, carried me to bed but most importantly she loved me unconditionally. There are not enough words to describe just how important my Mother is to me and what a powerful influence she will always be. I love you MuM x WrItten by Dave HeDges.

Funeral services will take place at the Jacquot Building commencing at 1:00 pm on Sunday, February 2, 2014.

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Saturday, February 1, 2014 1pm Service • 4pm Potlatch Nakwat’a Ku Potlatch House Kwanlin Dun First Nation

Marie’s life revolved around loving her family. Her gentle spirit, kind words and ready smile warmed the hearts of all who knew her. She touched the lives of many people with her selflessness, brilliant smile and generosity. Her gift of love lives on in her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren and leaves them with the knowledge that they were truly loved. She considered her friends and co-workers as her “Yukon Family”. She particularly enjoyed watching her sons play ball and loved to cheer them on. Her other hobbies and interests were reading, gardening, knitting, doing puzzles and watching curling on TV. She was also known to be a great bowler. Marie is survived by her husband Bill Neal of 45 years, sons Casey (Tammy) and Shane of Whitehorse and daughter Debi Lyn (Ken) of Red Deer, Alberta. She is predeceased by an infant daughter Shannon and son Buddy. The family would like to thank the medical staff of unit 22 at the Whitehorse General Hospital for their kindness and compassion which made a difficult time more bearable for us. In lIeu of flowers, donatIons can be made to the charIty of your choIce. thank you from marIe neal’s famIly.

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45ʼ VAN trailer, made into very nice home, lots of extras, water truck, generator, battery packs, inverters, $18,000 obo. 335-5046

YUKON GREEN Party AGM, Friday, February 7th, 6:30pm, Whitehorse Public Library, election of directors, refreshments. Everyone welcome, come and volunteer. 633-3392 or yukongreenparty@gmail.com for details

48ʼ TRAILER & 53ʼ insulated trailer, $6,000 obo ea. 633-3088 2002 10 1/2ʼ Frontier camper, 336-1701 2008 8X12 double wide quad or snowmobile trailer, 336-1701 TAITʼS TRAILERS www.taittrailers.com taits@northwestel.net Quality new and used Horse * Cargo * Equipment trailers For sale or rent Call Anytime 334-2194 Southern prices delivered to the Yukon

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Chris and Holly Thompson are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter

Nicole Thompson to

Dallin Willes

son of Doug and Paige Willes Wedding will take place May 19th, 2014 in Lindon, Utah

Friday, January 31, 2014

THE ALZHEIMER/DEMENTIA Family Caregiver Support Group meets monthly. Group for family/friends caring for someone with Dementia. Info call Cathy 633-7337 or Joanne 668-7713

PEER FACILITATED Support Group for people with a diagnosis of cancer. First Monday of each month, Copper Ridge Place, 7:00-9:00 p.m. Next meeting February 3, 2014. Info: yukonsupport@hotmail.com

GWAANDAK THEATRE et l'AFY offrent un atelier en théâtre physique avec l'acteur, chorégraphe et éducateur, Trevor Copp le 1er février, de 13 h à 16h, au Centre de la francophonie. 668-2663, vhamel@afy.yk.ca

HOSPICE YUKON: Free, confidential services offering compassionate support to those facing advanced illness, death and bereavement. Visit our lending library @ 409 Jarvis, M-F 11:30-3:00, www.hospiceyukon.net, 667-7429

YUKON WIG Bank provides wigs, free of charge, to individuals suffering hair loss due to cancer treatment. For more information contact: yukonsupport@hotmail.com

JACK HULLAND School Council, regular council meeting February 5, 2014, 7:00pm, school library, everyone welcome

CHILKOOT TRAIL/LOG Cabin: Non-Motorized Weekend, Jan 17-19. Other weekends & weekdays, Multi-Use. For more info: 867-667-3910 HORAIRE PISTE Chilkoot/Log Cabin: Multi-usage sauf du 17 au 19 janvier : fin de semaine réservée aux activités non motorisées. 867-667-3910 SUPPORT GROUP for People who have had a diagnosis of cancer. First Monday of each month, Copper Ridge Place, 7:00-9:00 p.m. Next meeting February 3, 2014. Info: yukonsupport@hotmail.com LDAY SNOWSHOE Loppet: Saturday, February 1st at Mt. Mac, 2.5 and 5 km routes. Hot lunch, prizes and silent auction. $20 adults/$10 children/$40 families. www.ldayukon.com/668-5167 for details QUEER YUKON: upcoming socials events for the LGBT and allies community at www.queeryukon.com. Bowling night, Rendezvous Drag Dance, Film Fests and more! FALUN GONG, an advanced practice of Buddha school self-cultivation. Fa study Monday, Wednesday, Friday at Wood Street Annex from 6 p.m. No charge. For an introduction to the practice call 633-6157 YUKON SCHUTZHUND Association AGM, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014, 1:00pm-3:00pm, Whitehorse Public Library meeting room. Dog training enthusiasts invited. WEEKLY DROP-IN Recovery Group meetings, Wednesdays: 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm, Alcohol and Drug Services. Call 667-5777 for more information SEEKING SAFETY Group, for women dealing with trauma and addiction. Call Alcohol and Drug Services at 667-5777 for more information PEER FACILITATED Support Group for people with a diagnosis of cancer. First Monday of each month, Copper Ridge Place, 7:00-9:00 p.m. Next meeting February 3, 2014. Info: yukonsupport@hotmail.com MT LORNE Classic Ski Race 2014, Feb 22nd noon, info and registration @ www.mountlorne.yk.net

PORTER CREEK Community Association meeting Monday, February 3rd, 5:15 pm at the Guild Hall. More information 633-4829. Everyone Welcome. Come show your support A DAY of Quiet Retreat at Hospice Yukon, Sunday, February 2. Remember your loved one with writing, painting, collage or simple reflection. 667-7429 info@hospiceyukon.net YUKON GIRL Guides celebrate 100 years of Guiding history. Exhibit opens Sat Feb 1 at 2:00pm, MacBribe Museum. Reception open to public. There will be cookies! Phone 667-2709 or 667-2455 YUKON LIBERAL Party Leadership. Per YLP constitution 29A, this is notice of a leadership convention to be held March 1, 2014. See ylp.ca for details

ELIJAH SMITH School Council regular council meeting February 4, 2014, 6:30pm, school library, everyone is welcome CONCERT FEATURING world-renowned composers of sacred music, Don Besig and Nancy Price, Whitehorse United Church, Saturday February 15, 7:00pm. Free-will offering WORLD-RENOWNED COMPOSERS of sacred music, Don Besig and Nancy Price, Whitehorse United Church, Saturday, February 15. Workshop 9:00am-3:00pm. 667-2989 to register COME TO the Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition's monthly meeting on Thursday, February 20, 5:00pm to 7:00pm at CYO Hall. Everyone welcome. Call 334-9317

LORNE MOUNTAIN Centre, Foodie Club meeting February 10th 7:00pm. Discover East India cuisine. Register 667-7083, more info www.mountlorne.yk.net

ALL-CITY BAND Dessert & Dance, Feb 9, 2013 7:00pm featuring The Big Band, Westmark Whitehorse, tickets: Riverside Grocery, Dean's Strings, online @ allcityband.com Home-Baked Desserts!

LORNE MOUNTAIN Centre Skate-A-Thon, February 16th 2:00pm. Join us for fundraising activity for the whole family, pledge forms, info on great prizes, www.mountlorne.yk.net

ZERO WASTE Garage Sale, Saturday, February 14th, 10:00am to 2:00pm, Canada Games Centre, $20/table by February 7th. 633-5402 for info

LORNE MOUNTAIN Centre February 8th Coffeehouse, Two Piano Tornado with Annie Avery, Grant Simpson, doors open 7pm, tickets $18, info www.mountlorne.yk.net ROTARY MUSIC Festival online registration is open until February 1st. Regulations & Syllabus document available online, www.rmfestival.ca. For info: 393-2389 or rmfestival@yahoo.ca GWAANDAK AND YAC present public reading of Paradise by Patti Flather, Feb. 4th, 6;30pm, Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre, Artist Studio, admission by donation, limited space, RSVP at 393-2676 or marketing@gwaandaktheatre YUKON CIRCLE of Change AGM Thursday February 6, 7:30, Whitehorse Library. Get involved in creating positive change in our community. www.yukoncircleofchange.com 2014/2015 FRENCH Immersion Kindergarten Info Night: Thur. Feb. 6th at Whitehorse Elementary: 6pm. Info: 667-8083

WHITEHORSE UNITED Church is again offering Singing Valentines, February 14. We do phone Valentines too, better get your orders in soon. 667-2989 GRANDPARENTS AND extended family: Having problems with access or custody? Contact Grandparents Rights Assoc. of Yukon, meetings as needed. 821-3821 YUKON BLUEGRASS Music Society AGM Thursday, Feb. 6th, 7:00pm, 3128 - 3rd Ave. (Smith House) All welcome CAN-CAN KICK-OFF, Friday, Feb. 7, 7:00pm-9:00pm, Westmark Whitehorse. Itʼs time to Rendezvous, the Can-Can Kick-off is here. Come & check out our amazing new can-can lines sponsored by Air North RENDEZVOUS VOLUNTEER Recruitment Saturday Feb. 1 11:00am-5:00pm, Fireside Room, Yukon Inn. Rendezvous would not happen without support of our amazing volunteers. Come out be part of 50th anniversary festival

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RENDEZVOUS VOLUNTEER Recruitment Friday, Feb. 7, 6:00pm-7:00pm, Westmark Whitehorse. Rendezvous would not happen without our amazing volunteers. Come out and be part of our 50th anniversary festival ACTIVE TRAILS Whitehorse Association meeting Tuesday, Feb. 11, 7:00pm, Sports Yukon Boardroom, major topic, Rotary Centennial Bridge VALENTINE'S DINNER/DANCE at Tagish Community Hall, Feb. 15th, 5:00pm, potluck dinner, auction, live band, love story competition, $5 cover. More info 867-399-3407

Services

Energy North Construction Inc. (1994) for all your insulation & coating needs Cellulose & polyurethane spray foam Free estimate: 667-7414 BACKHAULS, WHITEHORSE to Alberta. Vehicles, Furniture, Personal effects etc. Daily departures, safe secure dependable transportation at affordable rates. Please call Pacific Northwest Freight Systems @ 667-2050

MC RENOVATION Construction & Renovations Laminated floor, siding, decks, tiles Kitchen, Bathroom, Doors, Windows Framing, Board, Drywall, Painting Drop Ceiling, Fences No job too small Free estimates Michael 336-0468 yt.mcr@hotmail.com THOMAS FINE CARPENTRY • construction • renovation • finishing • cabinets • tiling • flooring • repairs • specialty woodwork • custom kitchens 867-633-3878 or cell 867-332-5531 thomasfinecarpentry@northwestel.net NORTHRIDGE BOBCAT SERVICES • Snow Plowing • Site Prep & Backfills • Driveways • Post Hole Augering • Light Land Clearing • General Bobcat Work Fast, Friendly Service 867-335-1106 BUSY BEAVERS Painting, Pruning Hauling, Snow Shovelling and General Labour Call Francois & Katherine 456-4755 LOG CABINS & LOG HOMES Quality custom craftsmanship Using only standing dead local timber For free estimate & consultation contact: Eldorado Log Builders Inc. phone: 867.393.2452 website: www.ykloghomes.com

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MEETINGS in Whitehorse

- INSULATION Upgrade your insulation & reduce your heating bills

SHARPENING SERVICES. For all your sharpening needs - quality sharpening, fair price & good service. At corner of 6th & Strickland. 667-2988

MONDAY: 12 noon Joy of Living (OM, NS) Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. 8:00 pm New Beginnings Group (OM,NS) Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. TUESDAY: 12 noon Joy of Living (OM, NS) Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. 7:00 pm Juste Pour Aujourd’hui 4141B - 4th Avenue. 8:00 pm Ugly Duckling Group (CM, NS) Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. WEDNESDAY: 12 noon Joy of Living (OM, NS) Maryhouse, 504 Cook St.. 8:00 pm Porter Crk Step Meeting (CM) Our Lady of Victory, 1607 Birch St. 8:00 pm No Puffin (CM,NS) Big Book Study Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. THURSDAY: 12 noon Joy of Living (OM, NS) Grapevine Discussion Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. 6:00 pm Young People’s Meeting BYTE Office, 2-407 Ogilvie Street 7:30 pm Polar Group (OM) Seventh Day Adventist Church 1609 Birch Street (Porter Creek) FRIDAY: 12 noon Joy of Living (OM, NS) Big Book Discussion Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. 1:30 pm #4 Hospital Rd. (Resource Room) 8:00 pm Whitehorse Group (CM, NS) Maryhouse, 504 Cook St. SATURDAY: 1:00 pm Sunshine Group (OM, NS) DETOX Building, 6118-6th Ave. 2:30 pm Women’s Meeting (OM) Whitehorse General Hospital (room across from Emergency) 7:00 pm Hospital Boardroom (OM, NS) SUNDAY: 1:00 pm Sunshine Group (OM, NS) DETOX Building, 6118-6th Ave. 7:00 pm Marble Group Hospital Boardroom (OM, NS)

NS - No Smoking OM - open mixed, includes anyone CM - closed mixed, includes anyone with a desire to stop drinking

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Snow Removal (867) 336-3570

Parking Lots, Sidewalks, Rooftops and Sanding

LOG CABINS: Professional Scribe Fit log buildings at affordable rates. Contact: PF Watson, Box 40187, Whitehorse, YT, Y1A 6M9 668-3632 PASCAL PAINTING CONTRACTOR PASCAL AND REGINE Residential - Commercial Ceilings, Walls Textures, Floors Spray work Excellent quality workmanship Free estimates pascalreginepainting@northwestel.net 633-6368 IBEX BOBCAT SERVICES “Country Residential Snow Plowing” •Post hole augering •Light landscaping •Preps & Backfills Honest & Prompt Service Amy Iles Call 667-4981 or 334-6369

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MEETINGS Yukon Communities & Atlin, B.C.

Beaver Creek Y.T. Friday - 1:30 p.m. Health Centre

Carcross Y.T. Wednesday - 7:30 p.m. Library Friday - 1:30 p.m. Health Centre Carmacks Y.T. Friday - 1:30 p.m. Health Centre

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Thursday - 8:00 p.m. New Beginners Group Richard Martin Chapel Friday - 1:30 p.m. Health Centre Saturday 7:00 p.m. Community Support Centre 1233 2nd Ave.

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SNOW CLEARING No job too big or too small Skid Steer & Trailer Call Lawrence at 335-3390 CITYLIGHT RENOS Flooring, tiling, custom closets Painting & trim, kitchens & bathrooms Fences & gates Landscaping & gardening Quality work at reasonable rates Free estimates Sean 867-332-1659 citylightrenos@gmail.com

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL PROJECT INSPECTION AND QUANTITY CONTROL - ENWIA EXTENSION AND RESURFACING RUNWAY 32R-14L Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is February 12, 2014. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location. Documents may be obtained from the Procurement Support Centre, Department of Highways and Public Works, Suite 101 - 104 Elliott Street, Whitehorse, Yukon (867) 667-5385. Technical questions may be directed to Kyle Jansson at (867) 633-7922. The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted. This tender is subject to Chapter Five of the Agreement on Internal Trade. Bidders are advised to review documents to determine Certificate of Recognition (COR) requirements for this project. View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html

Highways and Public Works

Friday - 1:30 p.m. Health Centre

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Friday - 1:30 p.m. Health Centre

Haines Junction Y.T. Friday - 1:30 p.m. Health Centre

Mayo Y.T. Friday - 1:30 p.m. Health Centre Old Crow Y.T. Friday - 1:30 p.m. Health Centre

Pelly Crossing Y.T. Friday - 1:30 p.m. Health Centre

Ross River Y.T. Friday - 1:30 p.m. Health Centre

Tagish Y.T. Monday 7:30pm Lightwalkers Group Bishop’s Cabin, end of road along California Beach Telegraph Creek B.C. Tuesday - 8:00 p.m. Soaring Eagles Sewing Centre

Teslin Y.T. Wednesday - 7:00pm Wellness Centre #4 McLeary Friday - 1:30p.m. Health Centre

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REqUEST FOR PROPOSAL PROVISION AND DELIVERY OF PHARMACY SERVICES TO COPPER RIDGE PLACE, MACAULAY LODGE AND THOMSON CENTRE Project Description: Standing Offer Agreement (SOA) with Continuing Care for provision and delivery of pharmacy services to Copper Ridge Place, Macaulay Lodge and Thomson Centre. Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is February 18, 2014. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location. Documents may be obtained from the Procurement Support Centre, Department of Highways and Public Works, Suite 101 - 104 Elliott Street, Whitehorse, Yukon (867) 667-5385. Technical questions may be directed to Adeline Griffin at (867) 6618750. The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted. View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html

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REquEST FOR PROPOSAL LARGE MAMMAL-VEHICLE COLLISIONS

Project Description: Hauling waste metal and other materials out of Old Crow via the ice road as well as the transportation of goods into Old Crow. Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is February 3, 2014. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location. Documents may be obtained from the Procurement Support Centre, Department of Highways and Public Works, Suite 101 - 104 Elliott Street, Whitehorse, Yukon (867) 667-5385. Technical questions may be directed to Dwayne Muckosky at (867) 456-6191. The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted. View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html

Project Description: To develop a database of large mammal-vehicle collisions on Yukon numbered highways and public roads for the period 2000 to present based on data archived within the Departments of Environment and Highways and Public Works; to provide a GIS-based analysis of high collision areas and to prepare a literature-review driven report of wildlife-vehicle collision mitigation measures that are relevant to Yukon’s environment, society, and economy which also includes recommendations for implementation. Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is February 19, 2014. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location. Documents may be obtained from the Procurement Support Centre, Department of Highways and Public Works, Suite 101 - 104 Elliott Street, Whitehorse, Yukon (867) 667-5385. Technical questions may be directed to Alain Fontaine at (867) 536-3214. The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted. View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html

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TRANSPORTATION OF GOODS TO AND FROM OLD CROW INCLUDING THE HAULING OF WASTE METAL

Watson Lake Y.T. Friday - 1:30 p.m. Health Centre

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS NOTICE is hereby given that Creditors and others having claims against the Estate of

Kimberly Dwayne Klippert,

of Mayo, Yukon, Deceased, who died on September 8, 2013, are hereby required to send them to the undersigned Executor at the address shown below, before the 28th day of February, 2014, after which date the Executor will distribute the Estate among the parties entitled thereto, having regard to the claims of which they have notice.

AND FURTHER, all persons who are indebted to the Estate are required to make payment to the Estate at the address below. BY Cheryl Klippert c/o Lackowicz & Hoffman Suite 300, 204 Black Street Whitehorse, Y.T. Y1A 2M9 Tel: (867) 668-5252 Fax: (867) 668-5251

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS NOTICE is hereby given that Creditors and others having claims against the Estate of

Nicole Evelyn Marie Wynnyk, of Marsh Lake, Yukon

Territory, Deceased, who died on November 2, 2013, are hereby required to send them to the undersigned Executor at the address shown below, before the 14th day of February, 2014, after which date the Executor will distribute the Estate among the parties entitled thereto, having regard to the claims of which they have notice. AND FURTHER, all persons who are indebted to the Estate are required to make payment to the Estate at the address below. BY: Mary Bracken c/o Lackowicz & Hoffman Suite 300, 204 Black Street Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2M9 Tel: (867) 668-5252 Fax: (867) 668-5251

Tourism Industry Association of the Yukon - TIA Yukon is a not-for-profit tourism based organization with a mandate to speak with a common voice to influence, promote, and assist the development of tourism in the Yukon.

Request for Proposal

TIA Yukon is hosting our 2014 Spring Conference and AGM in Whitehorse from April 24 to April 26, 2014. The event will bring together between 90 and 110 conference attendees for two days of workshops, panels and networking opportunities. TIA Yukon is now accepting catering proposals for the 2014 TIA Yukon Spring Conference. TIA Yukon is seeking three separate RFPs for: • Welcome Reception, Thursday April 24, 2014 • Gala Dinner, Saturday April 26, 2014 • Breakfast, Lunch and Refreshment, April 25 and 26, 2014

The deadline for proposals is February 28, 2014 at 4:00 pm PST. Full RFP and budget is available for download at tiayukon.com.

The contracts will be awarded on March 10, 1014 at noon. Please submit your menus and corresponding budgets by Friday, February 28, 2014 to: Brad Weston, TIA Yukon Membership and Community Relations Officer

brad.weston@tiayukon.com For more information, please contact TIA Yukon at (867) 668-3331.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL #2014-002

DSM Launch Support Yukon Energy Corporation (YEC) and Yukon Electrical Company Limited (YECL) are inviting proposal responses from qualified firms to provide a full suite of services for the implementation of the Yukon Five Year Demand Side Management (DSM) Plan. YEC and YECL will be jointly implementing and operating the DSM Programs under the public brand ‘inCharge’. The Utilities will be engaging a contractor who will bring more than ten years of utility DSM experience with specific experience in participant delivery systems and processes, market understanding, ability to provide guidance related to financial management and an understanding of ‘best practices’ in other Canadian jurisdictions. The contractor will provide on the ground local services to work directly with the Yukon DSM team. Sealed proposals, clearly marked “RFP# 2014-002 DSM Launch Support” will be received up to 4:00:00 PM Yukon time, March 2, 2014, at Yukon Energy’s corporate offices, #2 Miles Canyon Road, Box 5920, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada Y1A 6S7 or via e-mail. To obtain a Request for Proposal package contact Matthew Sills at Yukon Energy Corporation, 867-393-5335 or e-mail at matthew.sills@yec.yk.ca .

Friday, January 31, 2014

Snowblower and Shovelling Driveways, sidewalks, and Low sloped roofs Put me to work! Good rates. Call Dave at 333-9084 Budo-Taijutsu-Ninjutsu Private, semi-private & group classes Esoteric lessons for the modern warrior More than self defence, This is a lifeʼs journey Sensei Jason Wyatt, Moku Senshi 334-3480 SUBARU GURU Fix•Buy•Sell Used Subarus 30 year Journeyman Mechanic Towing available Mario 333-4585 ELECTRICIAN FOR all your jobs Large or small Licensed Electrician Call MACK N MACK ELECTRIC for a competitive quote! 867-332-7879

TITAN DRYWALL Taping & Textured Ceilings 27 years experience Residential or Commercial No job too small Call Dave 336-3865

Lost & Found LOST ON Jan 10, 2 right hand cowling pieces, one yellow and one black. from a skidoo somewhere between Watson Lake and Johnson Crossing, Contact 334-9244 FOUND: LACOSTE prescription glasses on corner of 12th Ave and Spruce St. in Porter Creek, around Jan 13th. 633-3810 to claim FOUND: SET of keys at Golden Horn school, Dodge ram key & others, 667-8130 FOUND: SET of keys in Porter Creek at the top of Pine street on the trail. Call 633-4618

SNOW CLEARING/REMOVAL Sidewalks, Driveways, Parking lots, Compounds Private and Commercial Properties Fast and reliable service Aurora Toolcat Services 867-334-8447

LOST: GLASSES in soft brown case D/T area, has Harley Davidson on side arm, round transition-type lenses, text or call Bill 333-9066

FINISHING CARPENTRY & RENOVATIONS For Clean, Meticulous & Tasteful Quality Work INTERIOR Design & organization of walk-in closets, laundry & storage room, garage Kitchen & Bathrooms, Flooring, Wood & Laminate, Stairs. EXTERIOR Decks, Fences, Insulation, Siding, Storage Shed DIDIER MOGGIA 633-2156 or cell 334-2156

Worldwide travel company seeks distributors. We are well established in the luxury travel industry. Full training and support is provided. Very lucrative compensation plan. Ph: 633- 5756 or info@onlineholidayincome.com

Business Opportunities

VILLAGE BAKERY Haines Junction Lease or Sale for 2014 season Email for details villagebakery@hotmail.ca

Kitchen or Restaurant for Lease Town and Mountain Hotel 401 Main Street Apply to Kayle Tel: 668-7644 Fax: 668-5822 Email: info@townmountain.com

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Sports Equipment EXERCISE EQUIPMENT for free! Gym pull-up/dip frame, Bowflex Extreme, approx 10 yrs old, needs new rods (cost of $230). 393-3638 OZONE 11M Frenzy Snow Kite, 2012 model, as new, flown 3 times, new $1,600, asking $1,300 obo. 660-4711 FREESPIRIT ELECTRIC exercise cycle, programmable, exc cond, c/w manual $75 obo. 633-4618 STEP CLIMBER, good cond but electronic counter doesnʼt work well, $20 obo. 633-4618 SNOWSHOES, TSL-225. Excellent quality and condition. One pair $60. Two pairs $100. Solid price. 335-7535 FITNESS EXERCISE ball for strengthening, conditioning & balance training, c/with instructions. 668-5786

Livestock QUALITY YUKON MEAT Dev & Louise Hurlburt Grain-finished Hereford beef Domestic wild boar Order now for guaranteed delivery Payment plan available Samples on request 668-7218 335-5192 Fresh free run farm eggs for sale. $6.00 / dozen Phone 633-4249 HERITAGE BREEDING sow for sale, Berkshire/Tamworth mix, 335-4431

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Project Description: Purchase highway maintenance equipment including generators, Skid mounted pumps, Spreaders, Snow wings and Sweepers Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is February 20, 2014. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location. Documents may be obtained from the Procurement Support Centre, Department of Highways and Public Works, Suite 101 - 104 Elliott Street, Whitehorse, Yukon (867) 667-5385. Technical questions may be directed to David Knight at (867) 667- 3114. The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted. This tender is subject to Chapter Five of the Agreement on Internal Trade. View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html

Project Description: Producing, hauling and stockpiling 600 cubic metres of Class I rip rap at km 249.8 LHS of the Klondike Highway. Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is February 20, 2014. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location. Documents may be obtained from the Procurement Support Centre, Department of Highways and Public Works, Suite 101 - 104 Elliott Street, Whitehorse, Yukon (867) 667-5385. Technical questions may be directed to Sandra Orban at (867) 633-7935. The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted. The Yukon Business Incentive Policy will apply to this project. View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html

Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is February 14, 2014. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location. Documents may be obtained from the Procurement Support Centre, Department of Highways and Public Works, Suite 101 - 104 Elliott Street, Whitehorse, Yukon (867) 667-5385. Technical questions may be directed to Anwar Rizvi at (867) 667-3533. The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted. View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html

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CONSULTANT SERVICES FOR NEW WHITEHORSE CONTINUING CARE FACILITY - BUSINESS CASE ANALYSIS AND PRE-CONCEPT PLANNING WHITEHORSE, YUKON 2014

HAY FOR SALE Good variety of excellent quality hay 1st cut alfalfa/timothy mix (65/35%) 60-65 lb, $14.50 2nd cut alfalfa/timothy mix (90/10%) $15 Brome/timothy/orchard grass mix $14.50 Plus we have our own brome hay, $12 for 50-55 lb Oat straw bales $7 Nielsen Farms - Maureen at 333-0615 or email: yukonfarm@gmail.com LOOKING FOR a companion horse for boarding close to Whitehorse. Will be well cared for. 633-3086

Childcare MAY-MAY'S FAMILY Day Home in Cowley Creek has two (18 months & up) spaces available M-F 7:30-3:30pm. Hot meals and diapers included. Day Home is closed on all school holidays (Christmas/Spring breaks & summers from July to mid-August) Please call Mary @ 668-3348 for more info LOLAʼS DAYHOME Located downtown Has spaces available for children 6 months & up ECE with more than 12 years of experience Fully licensed Call 668-5185 days or 667-7840 evenings HOME DAYCARE Part time spots, 8:00am to 4:00pm. From 6 months to 2 1/2 years old Nurturing environment inspired on Waldorf & Yoga philosophy Experienced, certified caregiver 867-335-5062

CHILDRENʼS CLOTHING in excellent condition, given freely the first & third Saturday monthly at the Church of the Nazarene, 2111 Centennial. 633-4903

Furniture TV/STEREO CABINET (or other uses), 4ʼ high, black with glass doors on castors, offers. 333-9020. RESIN SHELF, 36”, new, $12. 335-8964 BUNK BEDS, bottom converts to desk, $250, sleigh bed/mattress, $200, cabinet/hutch, $250, 6 matching wooden chairs, $100, 2 pine dressers, $100 & $75, desk/chair, $250, wood dresser $30. 250-651-7868 BLACK ENTERTAINMENT centre, fits 32” TV, $40. 393-2630 QUEEN-SIZE INFLATABLE mattress bed plus Woods air pump, never used. 668-5786 OFFICE DESK (5.3ʼx24”), metal, adjustable height office chair, exc cond, $100. 334-7250 WOOD TRUNK w padded top for storage, good cond, $25. 334-7250

Personals ARE YOU MÉTIS? Are you registered? Would you like to be involved? There is a Yukon Metis Nation that needs your support Contact 668-6845 DRUG PROBLEM? Narcotics Anonymous meetings Wed. 7pm-8pm #2 - 407 Ogilvie St. BYTE Office FRI. 7pm-8:30pm 4071 - 4th Ave Many Rivers Office CITIZENS ON PATROL. Do you have concerns in your neighborhood & community? Be part of the solution! Volunteer valuable time to the C.O.P.S. program. With your eyes & ears we can help stomp out crime. Info: RCMP 867-667-5555

Baby & Child Items ONE-PIECE BOYʼS snowsuit, size 3+, blue/black/grey, pretty new, $60. 393-2630 DOUBLE STROLLER, converts to bike trailer, $40, 2 infant car seats w base, $5 ea, crib & matching change table, $75. 250-651-7868 2-SEATER BIKE trailer, CCM, pretty new, $150. 393-2630

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PUblIc TENDER EXTERIOR RETROFIT YUKON HOUSING UNIT 874200 ROSS RIVER, YUKON Project Description: Exterior retrofit of Unit #874200 in Ross River Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is February 5, 2014. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location. If documents are available they may be obtained from Yukon Housing Corporation, 410 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse, Yukon. Technical questions may be directed to Robert Kostelnik at 867-667-5795. Site visit January 29, 2014 at 12:00 noon

pUbLIC TENdER INTERIOR RETROFIT UNIT 084000 6A - 2004 CENTENNIAL WHITEHORSE YUKON Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is February 11, 2014. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location. If documents are available they may be obtained from Yukon Housing Corporation, 410 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse, Yukon. Technical questions may be directed to Robert Kostelnik at 867-667-5795. Site Visit: February 4, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted. requirements for this project. View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html

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PUbLIC TENDER 3 FURNACE REPLACEMENTS YUKON HOUSING UNITS CARCROSS, YUKON Project Description: Installation of 3 Dettson furnaces Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is February 6, 2014. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location. If documents are available they may be obtained from Yukon Housing Corporation, 410 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse, Yukon. Technical questions may be directed to Carmon Whynot at 867-667-3764. The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted.

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STANDING OFFER AGREEMENT FOR SUPPLY OF BATTERIES Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is February 20, 2014. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location. Documents may be obtained from the Procurement Support Centre, Department of Highways and Public Works, Suite 101 104 Elliott Street, Whitehorse, Yukon (867) 667-5385. Technical questions may be directed to Jenny Richards at (867) 393-6387. The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted. This tender is subject to Chapter Five of the Agreement on Internal Trade. View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html

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Project Description: Provision of technical advisory services related to surface and ground water issues for Yukon mine sites and mine remediation projects for use by the Assessment and Abandoned Mines branch of Energy, Mines and Resources. Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is February 27, 2014. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location. Documents may be obtained from the Procurement Support Centre, Department of Highways and Public Works, Suite 101 - 104 Elliott Street, Whitehorse, Yukon (867) 667-5385. Technical questions may be directed to Carenn Kormos at (867) 3937429. The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted. View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html

Project Description: Provision of surface and ground water sampling and monitoring services related to Yukon mine sites and mine remediation projects for the Assessment and Abandoned Mines Branch of Energy, Mines and Resources. Submissions must be clearly marked with the above project title. The closing date for submissions is February 26, 2014. Please refer to the procurement documents for the closing time and location. Documents may be obtained from the Procurement Support Centre, Department of Highways and Public Works, Suite 101 - 104 Elliott Street, Whitehorse, Yukon (867) 667-5385. Technical questions may be directed to Carenn Kormos at (867) 3937429. The highest ranked or lowest priced submission may not necessarily be accepted. View or download documents at: www.gov.yk.ca/tenders/tms.html

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